Reposted by Alex Stamosaustin @aparker.io · 25/09/2026i told opus to remix the pdoom video and take liberties 88115
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 21/07/2026You should pre-order this book from real experts on building more trustworthy systems. 1114
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 02/07/2026Was Hines v Stamos Cheryl Hines suing John Stamos over the long-awaited Full House/Curb Your Enthusiasm crossover? Nope, it was an attempt to suppress academic research into the organized manipulation of online platforms. After three years we finally won. But at great cost. 417443
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 30/06/2026This Wired article about Meta red-teaming the AI of others without their knowledge is mysterious but the subsequent BlueSky pearl clutching isn’t helpful. How do you think AI gets better? How will academics detect that AI isn’t safe? Through red teaming. www.wired.com/story/meta-c... 4191
Reposted by Alex StamosTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 17/06/2026"It's just vibes-based regulation." Alex Stamos spoke to Justin Hendrix about the White House yanking Anthropic's Fable with no written standard, no warning, and no procedural path back. He compares it to grounding a jet without telling Boeing why. It's sending the wrong message abroad, he says.buff.lyAlex Stamos on Why the US Should Lift Its Fable and Mythos Export BanStamos led an open letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse its export directive that forced Anthropic to remove access to its advanced models. 397
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 30/04/2026Well, it looks like the PRC paid for the conference center RightsCon was supposed to be hosted in. Guess they didn't appreciate last year's event in Taipei. zm.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/dsxxx/ds... 1219
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 03/03/2026I was recently asked why I don't post on BlueSky more. Well, if Jamelle Bouie isn't pure enough to survive here... 9303
Reposted by Alex StamosKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 28/02/2026OFFS. When Iran tried to interefere in 2020, researchers caught them and called them out. Then the Benz-Weiss-Taibbi-Musk-Jordan-Trump axis labeled those researchers "censors" ... and set about defunding them and dismantling their organizations. 3838671257
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 29/01/2026Another day, another phishing site protected by @cloudflare.social. This one is totally ripping through my kids’ school. Thanks CloudFlare, for the useless reply to my abuse report! Toxs[.]digital for the threat hunters 24916
Reposted by Alex StamosLisa Laporte @lisalaporte.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Microsoft hands BitLocker keys to the government as @leolaporte.me, @stamos.org, @docrock.bsky.social, & @notpatrick.com discuss TikTok's privacy panic on TWiT, covering Europe's secret tech backups & Grok making millions of sexualized images! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1068twit.tvThis Week in Tech: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck | TWiT.TVMicrosoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok’s new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital 042
Reposted by Alex StamosTWiT Tech Podcasts @twit.tv · 27/01/2026@leolaporte.me, @stamos.org, @docrock.bsky.social, and @notpatrick.com unpack privacy fears, encryption access, and digital resilience. Listen here:buff.lyThis Week in Tech: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck | TWiT.TVMicrosoft quietly hands over BitLocker keys to the government, TikTok’s new privacy terms spark a user panic, and Europe's secret tech backups reveal anxious prep for digital 051
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 02/01/2026Watching the Katseye documentary with my daughter and my initial conclusions are: 1) Wow, these young ladies are talented and work hard 2) How has @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov not opened an investigation into HYBE for child work conditions? There are two orthopedic surgeries documented ON CAMERA. 230
Reposted by Alex StamosLisa Laporte @lisalaporte.bsky.social · 05/11/2025AI boosts productivity while arming adversaries as @leolaporte.me, @jilleduffy.bsky.social, @stamos.org, & @gigastacey.bsky.social discuss the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks on This Week in Tech covering OpenAI's security researcher & the F5 hack! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1056twit.tvThe Big Sleep | TWiT.TVFrom AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and 0122
Reposted by Alex StamosPatrick Gray @patrick.risky.biz · 21/10/2025I published a Wide World of Cyber edition today about the f5 incident with @stamos.org and @thekrebscycle.bsky.social No video for this episode… our video platform is AWS dependent 🤦♂️ risky.biz/WWC11/risky.bizWide World of Cyber: A deep dive on the f5 hack - Risky Business MediaIn this edition of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray talks to Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the f5 incident. They talk abou [Read More] 0276
Reposted by Alex StamosPatrick Gray @patrick.risky.biz · 25/08/2025The Wide World of Cyber podcast is back, featuring @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, @stamos.org and yours truly! AUDIO: risky.biz/WWC10/ VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8B7...youtube.comWide World of Cyber: Microsoft's China EntanglementYouTube video by Risky Business Media 1183
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 19/06/2025🎹(80’s synthesizer)🎹 🎼Da da da da da da dum da da da Block! Yah Just go ahead and block! Blockkkk!media.tenor.comYay Me GIFALT: Yay Me GIF 2140
Reposted by Alex StamosJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025There’s a super article by @genevievelakier.bsky.social about the “non-First Amendment law of free speech,” which argues, essentially, that it’s a mistake to think the protection of free speech in this country is a matter only (or even principally) of First Amendment doctrine. 1/ 24820
Reposted by Alex StamosEvelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I wrote about the Trump Admin's use of federal funding as a jawbone, and why the very reason the First Amendment bar on jawboning is so broad is the very reason jawboning is so effective: intermediaries have strong incentives to just comply. They must not. knightcolumbia.org/blog/federal...knightcolumbia.orgFederal Funding as a Jawbone 16023
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 11/05/2025Well, at least taking my grandkids to the museum exhibit on the new listening devices the Chinese invented to have the Qataris plant will be educational for them. 45211
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 10/05/2025This was a fun mystery to explore with PJ. Have a listen if you are looking for a podcast not about… (gestures around at Rome burning). 2322
Reposted by Alex StamosRobert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Here's my blogpost in support of Krebs. It's different enough from those by @stamos.org or @k8em0.bsky.social that it's worth writing, though the conclusion is much the same. cybersect.substack.com/p/i-am-speak...cybersect.substack.comI am speaking up in support of Chris KrebsWe all need to 49738
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 16/04/2025Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their family has been one of the great honors of my life. The attack against their family should be condemned by all. I have written a post about what is happening to them here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alexst...linkedin.comExclusive | Former Trump Official Targeted With Government Probe Vows to… | Alex Stamos*The following is a message from Alex and Katie Stamos and does not represent any company or organization* Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their five children has been... 226862
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 02/04/2025First day of class and I have the perfect lecture hall for Trust and Safety. 3928
Reposted by Alex StamosJack Cable @jackhcable.bsky.social · 20/03/2025📢 Excited to share that I started a new company, Corridor, with Ashwin Ramaswami! Corridor is the AI-powered secure by design platform – and we're backed by @stamos.org, Chris Krebs, Christina Cacioppo, @alip.bsky.social at Neo, and Sarah Guo at Conviction. forms.gle/3LsFxtNqzok2...forms.gleCorridor WaitlistInterested in learning more about Corridor? Fill out this form to join our waitlist. By submitting this form, you opt in to receiving emails from Corridor. 1101
Reposted by Alex StamosMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025So I am getting the distinct feeling that Google (in addition to Apple) got a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K. 2144383
Reposted by Alex StamosPatrick Gray @patrick.risky.biz · 21/02/2025A New Wide World of Cyber podcast with @stamos.org and @thekrebscycle.bsky.social is out now! We talk about AI, DeepSeek, and regulation. Everyone’s freaking out over this new model. But should they be? VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aniE... AUDIO: risky.biz/WWC7/youtube.comWide World of Cyber: DeepSeek lobs an AI hand grenadeYouTube video by Risky Business Media 0113
Reposted by Alex StamosMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Following up on the recent news about the U.K. government attempting to force Apple to backdoor its cloud encryption, @stamos.org and I wrote this op-ed in the WSJ. www.wsj.com/opinion/u-k-...wsj.comOpinion | U.K. Kicks Apple’s Door Open for ChinaBeijing would quickly exploit the British order to allow access to encrypted data. 24221
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 07/02/20251) This is bad bad bad 2) I'll have more coming out on this soon 3) A huge scoop for @joemenn.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... 34610
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 27/01/2025The multiple jailbreaks available to get DeepSeek to eventually figure out something happened in Tiananmen in 1989 are fascinating, and hint towards a Chinese AI censorship regime that is very specific and fragile. Do they just throw the most obvious queries at the model and call it a day? 25911
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 25/01/2025Deepseek-R1... 1) Is very impressive 2) The 32B version runs very well locally on a 4090 3) Will put a lot of pressure on the big US labs to open-source 4) Will be used in a lot of abuse/spam 5) Has some interesting holes in its knowledge: 614531
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 18/01/2025This is basically what the DPRK’s teams live for, except with the added frisson of possibly restarting the Korean War* while also racking up the biggest crypto heist in history. *Technically isn’t over yet! 0225
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 08/01/2025If you want to see how well the war against bots is going on X, just mention that you have a Facebook account that was stolen. 8966
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 07/01/2025I’m watching the NVIDIA keynote to see if I’ll need to sell a car or my house to afford a 5090. 5382
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 27/12/2024media.tenor.coma group of people are standing on top of a pile of sand and fighting each other .ALT: a group of people are standing on top of a pile of sand and fighting each other . 2100
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 15/12/2024It’s amazingly considerate of the Iranians/Aliens to adopt the FAA’s approved lighting scheme. 921940
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 05/12/2024Smartest model ever, still doesn't know who Jonathan Turley is. 🤔 3141
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 03/12/2024The @bsky.app team has days to get the fake account problem under control before this poses a serious problem to the value of the platform. It’s bad enough that I would recommend putting some temporary brakes on new account creation, such as required no-VOIP SMS, even if that stunts growth. 47116
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 26/11/20241) Many underestimate the investment the PRC has put into influencing the US social media sphere. 2) The destruction of Trust and Safety at X has made it a playground for PRC actors. 3) It's nice to see them whine about BlueSky. 4) But there is nothing magical about BlueSky to keep them away. 19607167
Reposted by Alex StamosEvelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Excited to see this out in the world! In which @genevievelakier.bsky.social and I try to make sense of the equivocal signals sent by the Court in last Term's platform cases, and what it might mean for the future of internet regulation. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...harvardlawreview.orgLochner.com?Introduction “ he First Amendment,” Justice Kagan declared in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC,144 S. Ct. 2383 (2024). one of the five platform First Amendment cases the Court decided this Term, “does not g 02812
Reposted by Alex StamosRiana @riana.bsky.social · 19/11/2024[cw: AI-generated CSAM discussion] New Publication: In a case study for the Partnership on AI, my HAI colleague Caroline Meinhardt & I explain why direct disclosure mechanisms (e.g. content labels) can’t serve as a panacea for all the harms of synthetic media. partnershiponai.org/hai-research...partnershiponai.orgDirect disclosure has limited impact on AI-generated Child Sexual Abuse Material — an analysis by researchers at Stanford HAI - Partnership on AI 3198
Reposted by Alex StamosRiana @riana.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Listening to today’s hearing on AI harms, I hear Sen. Klobuchar imply that there is not already a federal law against making pornographic deepfakes of kids (there is) and that platforms don't currently have any obligations to do anything about such material (they do). I am going to become The Joker. 5398
Reposted by Alex StamosKuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 18/04/2024Periodical shameless plug 😎 blue.mackuba.eu/skythread/ → Reddit-like thread UI, can also look up quotes blue.mackuba.eu/directory/ → catalog of custom handles & PDSes blue.mackuba.eu/scanner/ → check moderation labels blue.mackuba.eu/labellers/ → labelers mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b... → Bsky intro 3329268
Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 18/11/2024I need to write a BlueSky moderation tool that automatically blocks for content-free quote-tweet dunks. Unicorn startup right there. 2261
