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risk··on US Customs destroys rare floppy disk
This is staged and you can tell the box is opened by the way they poorly move the camera away from where it is in view each time. Pay attention to the moment before the scissors are grabbed and the box flaps open.

The camera moves away. It is deliberate misdirection, multiple times.

The shock is disingenuous and incredulous.

I am disappointed that grifting and manufactured rage bait like this is in the fp on hn. Rarely do I log in but can you not turn this place into a dump with low quality sensationalist content?

This is fraud being sold as malfeasance. No thanks

risk··on Binary Grand Prix: An optimized file game for hackers and reverse engineers
it's a fun game where you make an optimized file (any you want) that does tricks according to a theme. this year's theme is all of them.
risk··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
I'm working on a hidden puzzle for the 40th anniversary phrack edition which is scheduled for release this summer. If you're a reader of it be on the lookout for curiosities and scrutinize everything. There is a prize at the end and it's going to be fun. :)
risk··on The whale fact chapters in Moby-Dick are among the most memorable
moby dick was written in my city (new bedford, ma - former whaling capitol of the world and #1 fishing port in the usa today). the author stayed here downtown after moving from nantucket in order to write and was not famous until after he died, sadly. he was a fisherman in real life and the book is excellent if you're familiar with the history of whaling.
risk··on Fravia's Pages of Reverse Engineering
rip
risk··on It's impossible to sign up for GCP in 2022 (Twitter thread)
I tried to get gcp to go with my golang stuff. I used PayPal with a debit card and an Amex attached to it. I was instantly banned as well.

So I said fuck it and got the aws equivalent. It's really unfortunate and doesnt inspire confidence in their products/support. No remediation and immediate algorithmic bans is a system that's broken. Its not up to me to try again. Thats on Google.

risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
sir the only articles written about your internet impact have been by your own hand, and they're not entirely accurate. the whole scene knows it and calls me to respond to your submission here while minding my own business doing my thing since i am an actual verifiable authority on this subject to other respected domain leaders and you're just attention seeking because your life sucks. on your 2nd hn account talking to me
risk··on New evidence of fabrications behind the Trump-Russia theory
i flagged this shitpost. how did it get 37 points?
risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
Its our culture we should be proud of it. Especially since many of us were spending our childhoods together virtually. The internet was much different then but I sincerely appreciate it when those of us who were around then, in any capacity, reminisce.

There are no more new AOLers and those with fun memories associated with the platform are always going to be more special to me than many others just because that's where I learned to computer and I've many delightful experiences there.

risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
they had 2fa before most orgs and even launched a beta for the public called "AOL PASSCODE". aim had 2fa i remember host guide something with the password "pepper" had it in 2002.
risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
paste did not hack anything he is just an archivist of aol lore. my pr0gz are on there i found them while searching for {s gotmail to add to my phone alert notifications. we follow each other on twitter and he's just a wholesome dude with no sketchy background other than writing vb pr0gz with the rest of us in aol://2719-2-2-vb
risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
you're talking about cameron "cam0" lacroix who got that and a default ssh key. he was raided on frederick street for that at age 14, but being a minor and a legend at opssec he was not charged or arrested - just raided for good measure by bill zaleski (sp) at 703.265.4040 :)
risk··on The first and last time AIM was hacked
Hi this author is unexposed and not entirely accurate in his reporting. We (dfntsc) hacked Cris,Merlin, Gandalf, and whaops.

I even stole juberti's name and took "Justin" (aim only account) until it was frauded by opsec44 at the behest of a snitch very late to the game calling himself "defiant"

Kim zetter wrote about our antics 20 years ago I am just posting this here because the title is misleading and is demonstrative of the author's ignorance and absence from the scene given we dont know each other and I consider myself aoleet in a very very small circle. I know dime (Dave) and his brother that's mentioned in the article. My boy helped him write his fdo token scanner in addition to making his own *toolZ. I do not know this author.

Nice pictures but they are not even his. Clout chaser.

E: The author is kevin/pad. A groupie from conferences with no technical apitutde. U may know him as the founder of the Minerva token which got owned (since technically inept)

Anyway, read this article like it was written by a groupie and not an authority on the subject /active participant.

When cryptome.org got defaced and hacked we were monitoring pad snitching in jya@earthlink.net emails from pad@yayo.org.

Clout chaser and groupie for sure

risk··on Let's write a compiler, part 1: Introduction, selecting a language, and planning
The author of this is part of the binary grand prix and made my favorite submission to the contest. Very cool content thanks for posting it.
risk··on Tony Hoare answers questions [video]
I love the concept of null in computing so much and for golang channels and the most practical concurrent programming paradigm on earth there is CSP. He is a GOAT of this domain.
risk··on Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed
this article inspires to recollection the editor's note on that article from 2015 https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985
risk··on Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?
Drawabox is excellent. What a delightful approach from first principles. I logged in to write it but I'm 2 hours late. It comes with a subreddit too learntodraw.reddit.com
risk··on Show HN: Dripeesha, a Purple and Pink Golang IDE Theme for vs Code
I'm checking to see how much impact is has on hn vs reddit. That's why.
risk··on How the cancel culture was leveraged against RMS
I dont know how to feel about this comment. It adds nothing to the intellectual merits of discourse -- just like the OP, but echoes in part what I was thinking. Rarely do I comment but since you're being understandably downvoted I wanted to make an effort to reach out and say something akin to "mood" so you were aware your sentiment is shared, even though it is not very useful information
risk··on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
No but it demonstrates that there is functionality absent scrutiny; ignorance notwithstanding, it's a condition necessary for the insertion of "secret" back doors.
risk··on How to learn hacking
Thank you for the videos. They are such a valuable thing for infosec students. Please keep up the excellent work.
risk··on GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter
found the canadian
risk··on Apple tells U.S. judge 'impossible' to unlock new iPhones
After six tries a rate limit is reached. There is no cool down period. You have to connect it to your computer and login to apple, or wipe it.
risk··on Myths of the private prison industry
I'd like to ignore everything you ever do on this website hereinafter. Is there a feature for that?