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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://birdbutt.com/@colinstu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>colinstu</span></a></span> I still like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pizzabox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pizzabox</span></a>-Style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCcase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCcase</span></a> design.</p><ul><li><p>Makes them look nice, clean, sleek and espechally in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> age saves space...</p></li><li><p>Even today they are good, regardless if <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a>: They are just nifty...</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6GFG27WKBk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=o6GFG27WKBk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Chiquidrakula" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Chiquidrakula</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@COSAntiFascists" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>COSAntiFascists</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@iris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>iris</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Em0nM4stodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@mastodon.earth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty@chaos.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Now if you don't trust <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> nor <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>protonprivacy</span></a></span> (which IMHO is fair and correct!) and you can't use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> or something because you have no private computer with internet access [i.e. only a work-issued laptop you can't use for anything non-work - related] and you can't just boot into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> or a portable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> distro <em>at all</em> then the real <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GalaxyBrainChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GalaxyBrainChair</span></a>" - level "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BigThink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigThink</span></a>"</em> you can do is go the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OfflinePGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfflinePGP</span></a>"</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdab4T_CoN8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">route</a> and thus encrypt &amp; decrypt your messages on a different device entirely.</p><ul><li>The main problem may be that you'd then have to get that to the machine from which you can send it, which as we all know from the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwqNreocpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">video</a> means you gotta <em>"keep it brief"</em> [as in 2.944 bytes short] if you want to do the webcam &amp; screen method of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airgapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airgapping</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>I just didn't have time to get the <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/ATP" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"Airgapped Transfer Protocol"</em></a> done, but setting the <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.google.zxing.client.android/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*"Barcode Scanner" App</a> into <em>bulk mode</em> makes it less tedious to import stuff to an Android device... </p><ul><li>Again: The nice part with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPGP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME is that you <em>don't have to trust anyone</em> but yourself and maybe your communication partners' ability to make proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Keys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Keys</span></a> and get the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pubkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pubkey</span></a> to you...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@khobochka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>khobochka</span></a></span> guess why I <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/scrapers.ipv4.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">maintain</a> a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scraper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scraper</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a>?</p><ul><li>In fact I know <em>multiple</em> people and organizations that decide to basically redirect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scrapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrapers</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPTbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPTbot</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteSpider</span></a> (which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi5sd3WEh0c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">literally</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>'d <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> are a <em>criminally incompetent</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RogueISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RogueISP</span></a>!) to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hetzner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hetzner</span></a>'s <a href="http://hil-speed.hetzner.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">10GB Speedtest file</a> which can be found at <code>http://hil-speed.hetzner.com/10GB.bin</code> as an extra middlefinger!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hetznered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hetznered</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@alice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alice</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeekers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeekers</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> aren't even good at stoping <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> literally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>'ing a site offline as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi5sd3WEh0c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">learned</a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EpicFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicFail</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteSpider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crawlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crawlers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DontDoCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontDoCloud</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.bloodyno.se/users/lynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lynn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://buff.tomboyfan.club/users/LunaDragofelis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LunaDragofelis</span></a></span> also in case anyone needs to be convinced how much of a useless value-remover ClownFlare / CloudFlare are in <em>"preventing DDoS attacks</em>":</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hasthebig.gay/users/MattKC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MattKC</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi5sd3WEh0c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">had been DDoS'd by ByteDance's Crawler</a> into downtime!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteDance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteSpider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NetworkSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hosting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:Clownflate / Cloudflare, KiwiFarms, Enshittification
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@xogium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xogium</span></a></span> this issue of <em>excessive crawlers</em> is sadly nothing new. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hasthebig.gay/users/MattKC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MattKC</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MattKC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattKC</span></a> experienced the same with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ByteSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ByteSpider</span></a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scraper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scraper</span></a> used by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> which results basically in his site getting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>'d despite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> being tasked to prevent it!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Hi5sd3WEh0c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Hi5sd3WEh0c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Personally, I've run out of patience and tolerance for such actions by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> and I'm so close to just <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/1bb1f185d8e4451e541d820dde96b19f40c44eae/blocklists.list.tsv#L23" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">blocklist their entire ASN</a> as a matter of principle!</p><ul><li>It's just that I'd likely have to make an entire dedicaded blocklist and toolup some script to pull a BGP feed or rather IP assignments data <a href="https://ipinfo.io/AS32934" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">for their entire ASN</a> and submit these in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>git</span></a> as branch updates, merge that and block said network in it's entirely <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/milintel.ipv4.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">as I did with the DoD networks</a>.</li></ul>