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This is by far and away the craziest story I have ever reported. The lede probably doesn't do it justice, but I promise this will be a fascinating (if not also entertaining) read. I'd frankly be amazed if some version of this story isn't made into a documentary or drama series:

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, a new indictment charges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012.

krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/cr

"Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt" passes the Bechdel test.

The Internet Archive losing its appeal means one thing: pirate stuff. Pirate brazenly. There’s no point trying to do it the nice way - you’ll get shut down anyway. Copy, share, and archive to your heart’s content. It’s the only way we’re keeping digital media and our cultural memory intact.

I've been running mail servers and writing email software since the dialup days of 1995. I guess by today's trends, that could brand me a holdout.

But we're still hosting mail for hundreds of company domains across dozens of mail servers, all in a nicely packaged system that's always just an "apt install" away.

The landscape has changed over time, and, yes, it is annoying dealing with the imbalance that the behemoth mail providers represent these days.

But there's a lot to be said for not bargaining away your digital autonomy.

I saw @mwl selling his "Run Your Own Mail Server" book and jumped to pick up a copy. Not so much because I had a need for it (though it'll be interesting to compare notes!), but because I strongly support the idea that email is still a shared ecosystem and love that Michael is sharing the knowledge to encourage folks to continue to participate.

Long live the open Internet.

#ryoms

From personal experience, I know this is based on a true story! #CatsOfMastodon

Should go to bed because I’m very tired but being exhausted is my whole identity at this point

“Shit’s gonna be punk as fuck!” I whisper to myself as I drive to the garden center.

That thing where I see that some Thing isn't proceeding properly - but if I step in to improve it - or even identify the problem - it will inevitably become My Thing as reward.

I already have too many other Things, so I'm not eager to charge into the breach.

www.horg.com is a neat art project Joke site someone made. I don't know why. I find it delightful. It reminds me of internet stuff pre-social media and its good to know there are still people making weird stuff just to do it.

*Hoping it isn't all AI generated text.

1994: I think of myself as a hacker, but worry about what mainstream culture thinks that term means.

2024: A song in a fast-food burger commercial on TV just described their advertised deal as "a hunger hack."

Equating surveillance with safety considers only a fraction of what “safety” for everyone looks like. You cannot protect people from harm if part of what you offer them is a different kind of harm, writes EFF's Matthew Guariglia for Slate. slate.com/news-and-politics/20

I wonder what percentage of the web is usable and navigable without Javascript or CSS?

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