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  The monetization of OSINT tools and the transformation of social media platforms into walled gardens doesn't hinder malicious actors. Criminals generally rely on leaked data breaches and stolen source code. They aren't relying on front-end web scraping. These restrictions only lock out those trying to use OSINT for the greater good. "We're doing this for safety" is nothing more than security theater. I recently signed up for Trace Labs, and as an OSINT...

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  NetEase trying to poke their nose around where it doesn't belong (com.netease.g108n; Destiny Rising): ``` W libc : Access denied finding property "ro.debuggable" ``` GrapheneOS: "ACCESS DENIED!" The ro.debuggable property is a system-level Android variable. Anti-cheat and telemetry engines check this to see if the operating system is a stock consumer build or a modified developer build. On a standard Google or Samsung phone, the app is allowed to p...

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  I often hear people in tech complaining that the industry is oversaturated and they can't find a job but let's be real about this: The entry-level resume pile is oversaturated with people who have a theoretical degree or a paper cert but have never actually touched a terminal, built a home lab, or popped a box. HR departments are flooded with thousands of identical, low-effort applications. There is a catastrophic shortage of people who have a deeply ingrained offensive mindset...

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  There's a reasonable version of my concerns, like privacy, corporate overreach, and government overreach. These are all legitimate things to push back on. But Mastodon's culture tends to attract people who've taken those valid critiques and sprinted past any nuance into "all structure is oppression." Caring about privacy and decentralization doesn't require believing civilization is a scam. You can use Linux, GrapheneOS, etc. and still think bor...