BenDoubleU

"Last of the Freelance Hackers. Greatest Sword Fighter in the World."
Having that on my personal website and resume has gotten me quite a few job opportunities.

2025-04-29 22:36:08 UTC

there’s an energy on #nostr that you won’t find anywhere else

2025-04-29 22:05:12 UTC

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Love a good pay phone pic

2025-04-29 22:02:38 UTC

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Only if it paid me more than what I’d pay NOT to see it.
Say 10k sats/month

2025-04-29 21:49:07 UTC

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I’d pay monthly for a node that filtered ads

2025-04-29 21:20:37 UTC

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I think I just tripled my following list with this.
Such a great way to find people on #nostr you normally wouldn't run into!
#nevent1q…ezqz

2025-04-29 11:24:40 UTC

Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider #ransomware attack
It’s DragonForce ransomware. The tor onion site for it is still up
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marks-and-spencer-breach-linked-to-scattered-spider-ransomware-attack/
#cybersecurity #bitcoin #monero
https://image.nostr.build/02f5e91d15fe1dcd116217693aaef4b2866bd95eea59867425b04340e4c1c95b.jpg

2025-04-29 04:57:07 UTC

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It’s a way to add smart contracts , dApps, and programming to the L2 of Bitcoin. You can check out the coin it uses, STX and sBTC.
Instead of proof of work, it sort of piggybacks Bitcoin mining with proof of transfer, PoX.
https://www.xverse.app/blog/what-is-stacks-cryptocurrency#what-is-stacks-stx-crypto

2025-04-29 04:45:20 UTC

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Yea I think 0xChat is what you want. Works pretty well, all your nostr contacts are already there for ya. And zap away!

2025-04-29 03:31:44 UTC

A recent study ... indicates that the global #cryptocurrency system has been undergoing significant transformations. The #crypto system, which was originally intended as an alternative to currencies that depend on a central authority like the state or banks, has developed into a credit-based shadow banking system.
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cryptocurrency-evolving-shadow-banking.html

2025-04-29 03:04:54 UTC

GG Canada

2025-04-29 02:49:32 UTC

Every re-watch of Mr Robot is better than the last, I swear
#tv #MrRobot

2025-04-29 00:16:14 UTC

fuck billionaires and their worship culture
https://image.nostr.build/d0488e9c5455bee245200e567a8a883940d0c4d7751742648f7274cc7ac5bc7c.jpg

2025-04-28 18:15:16 UTC

Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction
Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/

2025-04-28 02:27:30 UTC

kinda surprised no one here talks about other layer 2 #bitcoin protocols like stacks or sBTC. maybe I'm just not following the right people.
#stx #stacks #sbtc

2025-04-28 02:18:22 UTC

is there another #nostr browser plugin besides alby? I feel pretty locked in by it.

2025-04-26 21:42:30 UTC

Michael Knight and Kit's relationship predicted the current societal dependence on technology
#MrRobot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyUbD7zQcjE

2025-04-26 20:10:03 UTC

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so is there a chat or we just post here while we solo mine? sounds fun and want to try!

2025-04-26 18:27:47 UTC

ok wtf is a #blockparty

2025-04-16 22:50:22 UTC

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Yea it was a good note, right?

2025-04-16 18:01:29 UTC

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Hell yea. Suck that doge dick brother!

2025-04-16 11:28:20 UTC

Whistleblower reveals evidence on how Elon Musk's #DOGE team extracted 10 GB of sensitive data about American citizens from a government agency, and then deleted accounts and logs to cover their tracks.
Then, when the whistleblower tried to report the data beach, he received a threatening letter containing pictures taken from a drone watching him walking his dog.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

2025-04-10 18:28:58 UTC

So what multi coin/token hardware wallet is everyone using these days? Are the 2 big names still Trezor or Ledger?
#bitcoin

2025-04-08 21:16:35 UTC

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Yep! Made sure to buy 2.

2025-04-06 14:55:31 UTC

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Well please share when you remember it!

2025-04-06 14:51:17 UTC

Can you have #nostr without zaps and Bitcoin? Because to be honest, the Bitcoin part of nostr as a social media platform really fucking sucks.

2025-04-05 19:27:28 UTC

Cryptography
The Key to Digital Security, How It Works, and Why It Matters
by Keith Martin
This was a great look at every day encryption usage and why it is important. It's not technical or made for security professionals: it's for everyone. Very accessible and almost fun to read. I loved the analogies and thought experiments to explain what are usually very complex topics.
#cryptography #privacy #books https://m.primal.net/QFYy.jpg

2025-04-05 18:27:46 UTC

Gillian Anderson?
Reznor and Ross (as Nine in Nails) soundtrack?
Sign me up
#movies #tronares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVG_X_7Naw

2025-04-03 01:45:12 UTC

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Took me a while to warm up to it. Started using it in production last year and glad we did.
https://media3.giphy.com/media/EzseXbzpcqjHn3Yp6b/200w.webp?cid=4ea4f8d5tg1j8ylq5jh02txvg5j5hznra7mq3noh6jagrub0&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g

2025-04-02 22:05:57 UTC

Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites
The Trump administration inadvertently revealed on Monday that it is attempting to trap Venezuelan migrants in a catch-22 that would effectively block them from challenging their deportation and detention in an El Salvador prison.
The government intends to treat the prison as a black site where migrants have no constitutional rights whatsoever and may be subject to any treatment whatsoever—including indefinite detention, forced labor, torture, or death.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-administration-cecot-black-site-el-salvador.html

2025-04-02 21:45:14 UTC

think I’m back to using YakiHonne. Primal notifications seem borked. And recently the new wallet connect/connected apps shows incorrect balances (but works)

2025-04-02 20:21:56 UTC

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Always be spreading the word

2025-04-02 11:22:12 UTC

Real Genius was always playing on a loop when I was a kid #ripVal
https://m.primal.net/QBgi.jpg

2025-04-02 11:20:52 UTC

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Real Genius was playing on a loop at my house when I was young
https://m.primal.net/QBgi.jpg

2025-04-02 03:55:46 UTC

“As part of its efforts, the bloc has repeatedly introduced its Chat Control legislation, aimed at weakening the encryption that protects messaging services and force providers to provide a client-side backdoor for law enforcement.”
#privacy
https://www.webpronews.com/eu-possibly-emerging-as-one-of-the-greatest-threats-to-privacy/

2025-04-02 03:30:19 UTC

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Buttery males!

2025-04-02 03:14:54 UTC

Looks like Elon couldn’t buy that Wisconsin seat.
Congrats to Susan Crawford for defeating her opponent, a large bag of cash.
https://m.primal.net/QBPF.png

2025-04-01 00:49:20 UTC

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Talking Lynch in there. Let me in!

2025-03-31 22:05:55 UTC

Windows NT is pronounced "Win Doesn't"

2025-03-31 19:59:00 UTC

out here encrypting things in the wild
#yubikey #encryption # privacy
https://m.primal.net/Pzoy.jpg

2025-03-31 17:56:18 UTC

It's the 26th anniversary of The Matrix. Released on March 31st, 1999, making cinematic history and forever leaving its mark on the Sci-Fi genre.
#TheMatrix #Movies #Matrix
https://m.primal.net/Pzih.jpg

2025-03-31 11:38:44 UTC

saw this wifi network on my flight. should I join?
https://m.primal.net/PzRR.jpg

2025-03-31 11:15:02 UTC

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🙌

2025-03-30 21:44:00 UTC

A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/
#cryptography

2025-03-30 18:33:34 UTC

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I don’t trust them or the ARRL. Maybe get rid of the baud rate limits on VHF and 70cm. Leave the rest as is. They just want to sell it off.

2025-03-30 13:39:20 UTC

I’m case you needed yet another reason to ditch Windows:
Soon you will HAVE to have a Microsoft account to use Windows.
“Microsoft has removed the 'BypassNRO.cmd' script from Windows 11 preview builds, which allowed users to bypass the requirement to use a Microsoft Account when installing the operating system.”
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-killing-script-used-to-avoid-microsoft-account-in-windows-11/

2025-03-30 13:08:03 UTC

Old vs New
The red box was one way to make phree phone calls in the 80s/90s. This one was one I made when I was about 10.
The flipper zero has an app on it that produces the same tones.
#phreak #hacking #flipperzero #hacktheplanet
https://m.primal.net/PyOf.jpg

2025-03-30 12:15:04 UTC

Yea I like vibe coding and this is my vibe
#vibecoding
https://media1.giphy.com/media/qnUvudum1BWofxINd4/200w.webp?cid=4ea4f8d53omga4psmjyfmq1nlk3dd0hpyxfidg1omv5dt7g9&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g https://media0.giphy.com/media/df0cUZrXQ8jt3HpoTK/200w.webp?cid=4ea4f8d5o9f5yqpyd120iapt5eu2n1j18eidfmhlxyomhmsn&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g

2025-03-30 11:45:15 UTC

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It’s still hard to build on veilid. It’s also sort of an “unknown.”
Would love to see some sort of social aspect using it but chat and file sharing works for me. That’s not too hard to get up and going.

2025-03-29 23:59:21 UTC

Damn do y’all remember that span of time when we just GAVE our locations away for FUN to apps like Foursquare and Gowalla?
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/gowalla-foursquare-and-the-very-brief-history-of-the-location-wars/
#privacy

2025-03-29 18:51:47 UTC

Glad I moved to #nostr and got off the xhitter
Twitter (X) Hit by 2.8 Billion Profile Data Leak in Alleged Insider Job
https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/

2025-03-29 18:47:50 UTC

Finally picked up a few of these. Anyone else using a security key like yubikey?
#privacy #security #yubikey
https://image.nostr.build/9e3e098f63ca2e4223e60dc6759a89cdecd3e3f8d2bfd7864943d6be7c7bdfd6.jpg

2025-03-29 18:18:20 UTC

Damn it’s officially time to get a new mobile #phone. What’re the cool #nostr kids using now adays? Upgrading from an iPhone X. Keep looking at grapheneOS. Wish Linux phone was a legit option.
Definitely interested in security. No #google. Not saying no to a new iPhone but hate all the AI shit.

2025-03-26 04:49:27 UTC

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- posts this and then fires 1000 people
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/read-the-email-jack-dorsey-sent-when-he-cut-931-of-blocks-staff/

2025-03-26 04:24:34 UTC

#gm @nprofile…zj6n
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/read-the-email-jack-dorsey-sent-when-he-cut-931-of-blocks-staff/

2025-02-08 04:27:14 UTC

damn primal 2.1 is an amazing update

2024-12-21 21:47:18 UTC

Gunna call today a win. My first “attempt” at CW but really just ended up setting up my radio for it, listening to calls I sometimes understood @ ~15wpm, and trying not to freeze in the 40F weather. Def different listening to real calls. Not the same as practice apps/sites.
Regardless, it was fun despite the cold! Wish I had an indoor shack 😅🥲
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #cw
https://image.nostr.build/49caf0c1f353d455950cd41f90f803fb289747852361ba131a9ee77e41aec4b2.jpg

2024-12-20 17:31:35 UTC

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#naddr1qv…qszd

2024-12-20 15:16:59 UTC

“Elon Musk hints at ‘X Mail,’ a potential Gmail competitor. X Mail would be a simple and straightforward email service.”
Sounds like another way for him to data mine for his Grok AI
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2561019/elon-musk-hints-at-x-mail-a-potential-gmail-competitor.html

2024-12-19 13:17:05 UTC

The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched an educational series aimed at demystifying #Bitcoin and its implications.
https://youtu.be/Y1ZxfNEYaSk?si=nTVqGeY7Ccx4VitH

2024-12-18 22:36:54 UTC

"Free Copilot in your GitHub account" is the 2020s version of "Free U2 album on your iPod"
#AI #github

2024-12-18 22:20:48 UTC

"Free Copilot in your GitHub account" is the 2020s version of "Free U2 album on your iPod"

2024-12-18 22:15:15 UTC

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I really enjoyed the first few seasons for the reasons that you mention but wooo doggy did Taylor Sheridan drop the ball on the last 2 seasons, especially the last season. It became less about the work and cowboy lifestyle and just ended up a really really REALLY bad soap opera.

2024-12-18 20:10:40 UTC

"We're happy to announce a major change for the Hackers On Planet Earth conferences. Effective immediately, HOPE will be an annual event!"
#HackThePlanet #phreak #hacking #HOPE https://media0.giphy.com/media/FnGJfc18tDDHy/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d57j0q5xn8cn6up6v06426vyncgtq0jomfvfuc48ij&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g
https://www.2600.com/content/major-announcement-concerning-hope-conference

2024-12-18 20:03:48 UTC

666 #crypto jobs listed on https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/
let's GOOOOOOOO
https://image.nostr.build/6cd234495ead2652e59d1b211d9df8bf23715b81fecb87ac54ee527bc4ad07e2.png

2024-12-18 18:41:57 UTC

Oh wow. Really seeing the power of #nostr and #sats with things like @npub1yfg…v6vg Awesome to see artists take control of their content.

2024-12-18 17:20:27 UTC

Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
You should be able to message your family and friends without fear that law enforcement is reading everything you send. #Privacy is a human right.
For the people in the back of the room:
PRIVACY IS A HUMAN RIGHT
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/can-government-read-my-text-messages

2024-12-18 17:00:49 UTC

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Twin Peaks references? On Nostr? Looks like I’ve found my home.

2024-12-18 16:21:17 UTC

Two extremely painful stories of #cryptocurrency phishing attacks
tldr; one guy uploaded a picture of his keys to google photos, one guy entered his seed phrase into a website
#Cybersecurity #bitcoin #phishing
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/how-to-lose-a-fortune-with-just-one-bad-click/

2024-12-18 13:15:25 UTC

Day 2 of using #nostr and I like what I’m seeing. Found a great iOS client in @npub1yzv…rf8q and even have my own nostr nip-05 address set up.
All I’m thinking about now is setting up my own #bitcoin and #lightning nodes 😆

2024-12-18 12:52:51 UTC

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Yea wow. YakiHonne is definitely the answer. Everything I wanted and more in a #Nostr client. Thanks a lot @npub1yzv…rf8q

2024-12-18 03:41:47 UTC

New to #nostr and wondering what iOS app people are using? So far I've tried Damus and Primal and both have been hit or miss.
Damus is great because I can use my own wallet service with it. I figured out how to actually send zaps from iOS with a little hack. But not really digging the interface.
Primal has a great interface but don't like being tied to its wallet.
What does everyone else use?

2024-12-17 23:09:05 UTC

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yea, the entire proton suite is up and down for me now. sure wish they would update their status page with... something.

2024-12-17 22:32:21 UTC

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it's up and down for me for the past hour. of course, nothing showing on their status page https://status.proton.me/

2024-12-17 22:29:54 UTC

Nothing showing on their status page, but it seems like #proton mail is down for a lot of people right now. anyone else having issues? #privacy
https://status.proton.me/

2024-12-17 22:19:24 UTC

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes that China, Russia, Iran, and Israel are the “primary” countries exploiting security holes in telecommunications networks to spy on people inside the United States, which can include tracking their physical movements and intercepting calls and texts.
https://www.404media.co/email/ac709882-1e4b-42fc-bcca-cf7ce4793716/
#privacy

2024-12-16 22:56:59 UTC

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Thanks! Good to finally be here

2024-12-16 01:44:46 UTC

New to #nostr and love crypto and privacy. #introductions
I dig #hamradio, telephones/#phonephreaking, computers, #privacy, and my dog, Nora.
#bitcoin #ethereum #monero
As seen on tv.
#Vim, #Ruby, #golang

2024-12-15 23:25:17 UTC

New to nostr and love crypto and privacy. I’m hip about time but I just gotta go
I dig #hamradio, telephones, computers, #privacy, and my dog, Nora.
As seen on tv.
#Vim, #Ruby, #golang