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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Apr 2017

    Email: mikaelthalen@protonmail.ch PGP: OTR: mikaelthalen@jabber.otr.im ricochet:mjmb4oeinlq62sxs Signal: 5129984705

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  2. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    1/ This is almost certainly a joke, but it's still extraordinarily bad for Trump to say it. Autocratic regimes around the world (and China itself) will cite for justification for their regimes. Leader of the free world must constantly stand for freedom!

    The President of the United States on the unelected leader of authoritarian China: “He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great," Trump said. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot some day."
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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 27

    One of the North Korean ships sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on Friday was caught by Japan conducting a ship-to-ship transfer on Saturday

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  4. 21 hours ago

    North Korea threatens to 'counter' U.S. over military drills

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  5. Mar 2

    New LTE attacks can snoop on messages, track locations and spoof emergency alerts

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  6. Mar 2

    US to permanently cut staff at embassy in Cuba after mysterious attacks

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  7. Mar 2

    Cuba "sonic attacks" may have been spy device audio interference

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  8. Mar 2

    You had to do a FOIA to find out what the Tor Project publicly states on their own website?

    Tor Project "Almost 100% Funded By The US Government": FOIA
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    Mar 2

    New: we obtained a 2015 letter that the Israeli government sent to a bunch of American hackers and cybersecurity firms asking for zero-day exploits.

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  10. Mar 2

    E2EE or gtfo

    Code reveals Instagram may be close to launching voice, video chat features by
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  11. Mar 2

    The U.S. Navy says it will soon have shipboard lasers to blow drones out of the sky

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  12. Mar 2

    The Trump administration is working on an expanded U.S. missile defense policy that would address certain threats from Russia and China, departing from a previous strategy that focused nearly exclusively on rogue nations such as North Korea and Iran

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  13. Mar 1

    Secret documents from Russia’s Internet Research Agency leaked

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  14. Mar 1

    Straight forward and reputable guides for anyone interested in strengthening their digital security

    We are excited to launch our redesigned Surveillance Self-Defense site, which now contains over forty guides in eleven languages, filled with tips on how to protect your communications and privacy online!
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    Mar 1

    BREAKING: Trump administration plans to sell 210 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in major escalation of direct lethal aid.

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  16. Mar 1

    The White House is reportedly preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser as early as next month in a move orchestrated by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis

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  17. Mar 1

    GitHub hit with record 1.35-Tbps denial of service attack, more attacks expected

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    Mar 1

    New -- In a rare interview with a Cellebrite executive, the company defends itself on accusations of hoarding vulnerabilities, after it claimed to be able to unlock all devices on iOS 11. Cellebrite: We Keep iPhone Flaws Secret For The Public's Safety

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    Mar 1

    The latest sign the United States is seriously considering a preventive attack on North Korea. If the Trump administration were actively engaging with and listening to South Korea's government, it's unlikely it would feel the need to use the US media to air its serious concerns.

    "We are very much worried about American unilateral military action on North Korea," Moon Chung-in, a senior policy adviser to South Korea's president, told .
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  20. Mar 1

    A simple fix to this specific attack or other possible future vulnerabilities would be to disable WebUSB in Chrome. chrome://flags/-webusb > disable

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  21. Mar 1

    The reality is that using a hardware token makes you vastly more secure than not using one. Sophisticated attacks like these should not discourage anyone from using 2FA. SMS 2FA is acceptable, an authentication app is better and a hardware token is the best.

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