Notices by Scott Wilson 🌈 (scottwilson@infosec.exchange)

How to NOT get a US passport with Trump’s photo:

there's a trick if you are applying in person in Washington and do not want a passport with Trump's image: Choose extra pages. The State Department says the 250th commemorative passport is ONLY available in the standard, 28-page book.

#passport #Trump #USPol

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/08/g-s1-132497/passports-trump-image

How do I block this “tags.pub” bullshit?

Per CNN:

Bad cybersecurity practices from Secret Service agents have left their phones vulnerable to hacking and risked the lives of senior US officials they are charged with protecting, according to a new inspector general report.

#cybersecurity #mobile #SecretService #OPSEC

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/politics/secret-service-cyber-security-put-protectees-risk

I completely agree. New social norms, like abolishing #billionaires and #trillionaires.

The store was all out of Debian KDE but they did have this…

#linux #dadjokes

LOVE this article from my man @zackwhittaker:

“Age verification laws are a lazy way for politicians and governments to appear as if they are tackling online child safety, but without any forethought to the future consequences of amassing vast banks of personal information for verifying people's identities. Rather than holding the ultra-wealthy tech and social media giants accountable for their actions, cowardly and toothless governments are instead requiring ordinary people to shoulder the legal burden. These are the same tech companies that don't pay any tax, all the while governments let them get away with it.”

#ageverification #age #privacy

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/papers-please-age-verification-laws-threaten-everyones-online-security-and-privacy/

It's almost the weekend, and that means it's time to start thinking seriously about pushing to prod...

#push2prod #friday #shitpost #memes

FT: @Viss @jerry @cR0w @neurovagrant @da_667 @FritzAdalis @catsalad @ajn142 @chillybot @darfplatypus @h2onolan @Sempf @winterknight1337 @danielcornell @alice

@privacyguides How much is the version that strips out all the homo- and trans-phobia?

Recently, someone said to me that I shouldn’t publicly share that I support #LGBTQ plus causes, because it might “make me look bad”.

That’s bull crap. Now I’m just gonna support the LGBTQ community •••EVEN HARDER•••!

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt #trans #transrights #gayrights #transrightsarehumanrights

@da_667 Is there a Catte version of this meme? Maybe I should make one.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@patrickcmiller/116226164029045993

Like a flushing toilet?

March is #ColorectalCancer Awareness month, and all this month I'll be pestering you about getting a #colonoscopy

In today's news, NBC shares new information about the increasing occurrence of rectal cancer.

FACTS:
- Colorectal cancer is the #1 cancer killer for people younger than 50
- Colorectal cancer rates in people under 65 has increased from 27% of new cancer detections, to 45% just in the last 30 years

I survived, but a lot of people don't. Chadwick Boseman (#BlackPanther) and James Van Der Beek did not.

Please, PLEASE read this article, and get screened for colon #cancer!

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rectal-cancer-rates-are-rising-us-driving-increase-illness-younger-adu-rcna261297

“Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found tied to U.S. surveillance efforts”

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No no no, Fortune! Let me help you with a rewrite:
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“Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel–backed verification software after people got mad about its ties to U.S. surveillance efforts, and canceled their accounts en masse”

#privacy #discord #DissDiscord

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

"OMG thank you so much I'm totally able to shitpost now!"

"Yeah whatever you're welcome"

#shitpost #catte #memes

@neurovagrant I GOT U FAM

@joeress @omgubuntu @cmccullough “Greenpeace announcing eco-friendly oil rigs.”

No notes.

“Copilot will automatically appear on supported Samsung TVs, where you’ll find it within the Samsung Tizen OS homescreen, Samsung Daily Plus, and Click to Search.”

How do I turn it off?!?!

#privacy #copilot #ai https://www.theverge.com/news/767078/microsoft-samsung-tv-copilot-ai-assistant-launch

Brains Of Mastodon, I need more help. Things are going great with my church's LGBTQ+ support and fellowship group. WE DOIN IT

We're now trying to think of how to foster secure and private group communication among our group. I don't think I have it in me to set up a Listserv, if that's even "private". I thought of like a Signal group chat, but I don't know if that can be easily managed.

What are people doing for stuff like this? Thanks in advance.

#lazyweb #privacy #lgbtq #lgbtqia #advice

@GossiTheDog I just don’t understand this… people mostly hate talking to voice response units (VRU) and this is literally the same thing.

When I call a company, the first thing I do is try to figure out how to get routed to a human.

Psychologically, it seems to me that when a company tries to force me to be screened by a bot/ #AI/recording, it means they don’t care about me even a little bit.

This story is a warning about the rapid adoption of #GenAI in #healthcare.

https://www.theverge.com/health/718049/google-med-gemini-basilar-ganglia-paper-typo-hallucination