• mindbleach
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      8 months ago

      James Mickens on cybersecurity:

      Basically, you’re either dealing with Mossad or not-Mossad. If your adversary is not-Mossad, then you’ll probably be fine if you pick a good password and don’t respond to emails from [email protected]. If your adversary is the Mossad, YOU’RE GONNA DIE AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. The Mossad is not intimidated by the fact that you employ https://. If the Mossad wants your data, they’re going to use a drone to replace your cellphone with a piece of uranium that’s shaped like a cellphone, and when you die of tumors filled with tumors, they’re going to hold a press conference and say “It wasn’t us” as they wear t-shirts that say “IT WAS DEFINITELY US,” and then they’re going to buy all of your stuff at your estate sale so that they can directly look at the photos of your vacation instead of reading your insipid emails about them.

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        8 months ago

        Guffawing, but not too loudly, in case They’re listening. Weather machines are for children and Ming Mossad the Merciless.

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          8 months ago

          I can always recommend The Night Watch by the same dude. Might be a little comp-sci for this community… but miraculously, it does fit.