All over the US government right now we hear rumors like this one, of the NSA forced to delete every doc in its internal systems that mentions privilege escalation attacks because the Grand Stupids In Charge won't allow the word "privilege" on any government server […] - ThreadSky

ErosBlog.kinkyelephant.com.ap.brid.gy • 13 days ago

All over the US government right now we hear rumors like this one, of the NSA forced to delete every doc in its internal systems that mentions privilege escalation attacks because the Grand Stupids In Charge won't allow the word "privilege" on any government server […]

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pthoege.bsky.social•12 days ago

So, I'm watching a coup d'etat of my country, by hostile entities Trump, and musk, and we are being asked to have faith in the same justice system that failed to arrest and jail Trump--that ultimately led to his being re-elected (by stupid people) who is now essentially a dictator-king?

jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@ErosBlog @cstross Have decided to change my name to Woke Bias Diversity Equity Privilege Inclusion.

jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@ErosBlog @cstross "Mr. Inclusion is my father. You can call me Woke."

anotherdaniel.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@ErosBlog @cstross I'm completely fascinated by this free speech thing, that is so important to US conservatives...

ekansa.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy•13 days ago

@ErosBlog @cstross

Decades of vast money flows into the national security apparatus of the US and it got decapitated in a matter of days by a dementia addled reality TV host and a drug fueled South African shit-poster.

Lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@ekansa @ErosBlog @cstross "The Mighty United States" 🤔

ErosBlog.kinkyelephant.com.ap.brid.gy•13 days ago

PS Narrative logic now requires that this asshole or one of his asshole successors must be destroyed by a privilege escalation attack that nobody saw coming because, well, they were tough to talk about in government infosec circles.

ErosBlog.kinkyelephant.com.ap.brid.gy•13 days ago

PPS Is anybody else old enough to remember reading Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash? When it came out 30+ years ago the chapter on life in "Fedworld" (a nightmarishly bureaucratic US government of not much scope or power) didn't get much appreciation. But I'll bet a great many federal […]

mossyfoot.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy•13 days ago

@ErosBlog oh yeah, for sure.

tompaine1.bsky.social•12 days ago

capthayfever.bsky.social•12 days ago

I can't find any source for this besides Popular Info, which I never heard of before today. Has anyone reported on this *without* using Popular Info as their source?

quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@ErosBlog @cstross well, that's going to impact the classification system and malware analysis in hilarious ways.

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