Well, @signalapp launched stories and here’s what that looks like. If you share a @signalapp story with just one person, replies will appear as a typical message. For a story shared with a group, replies appear as comments on the story.

If you’ve never experienced a sudden, traumatic job loss, let me tell you it’s fucking awful. While it’s tempting to dunk on this site’s new owner, I’m thinking it may be more helpful to share the resources I used in late 2019. 1/6 I spent time doing things for me. When I was sad, I picked up a book or podcast and played some Tetris on my Switch. When I was angry, I focused on movement that required power and strength—like pole dancing. 2/6

On September 14, the European Parliament’s inquiry committee to investigate the use of #NSO’s Pegasus and other spyware organized a hearing on the use of spyware in Poland. You can watch the recording here. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin… The inquiry committee traveled to Tel Aviv in July to meet with various people, including #NSO's co-founder and then-CEO @Shalevhulio. He argued that NSO is a company that at least tries to work on regulation, while competing with many others who are not.

Pretty excited for this talk by @patch1t about a one-click macOS takeover, starting out mentioning P0’s iMessage exploit and NSO’s Pegasus spyware. #HITB2022SIN In his talk, @patch1t also gives a shoutout to @patrickwardle for this 2021 blog post about bypassing macOS's file quarantine, gatekeeper, and notarization requirements. #HITB2022SIN objective-see.org/blog/blog_0x64…

Was digging through court records related to Vault 7 and found this tidbit. The FBI used the wifi at Starbucks to download the leak. #OBTS If you want to better understand how government agencies, such as the CIA, create and use cyber tools, there are some helpful bits in the #Vault7 court records. Here's one example. #OBTS

When I worked at the @nytimes, I had a manager who for two years told me that I’m difficult, nasty, fragile, territorial, controlling. He always told me this in person, in private. (thread) He told me that I don’t care about other people. That no one wanted to work with me. That people were "more relaxed" when I was away. I respected him. Believed every word he said, every time. I even internalized it, tried to fix it. It was a full year before I told HR.

Former intel analyst charged with disclosing classified information to a reporter, the indictment illustrates challenges/risks with journalist/source comms. justice.gov/usao-edva/pres… P5 outlines comms: analyst researched reporter, attended reporter's book event, searched for classified info re: reporter's beat, texted friends about the event + meeting reporter, reporter emailed analyst article about Snowden, analyst and reporter exchanged texts, emails, etc.

An FBI agent has been charged with leaking information to @theintercept. This article by @mukhtaryare does a good job illustrating how the agency runs leak investigations. A short thread. (1/6) mprnews.org/story/2018/03/… The search warrant filed in Minneapolis federal court against Albury did not identify The Intercept, but the documents described in the warrant match the documents posted by The Intercept in January 2017. (2/6) theintercept.com/series/the-fbi…