Government internet shutdowns are quite common to silence dissent, but I think this is the first time that a government has shut down the internet in its own country as a defensive measure against cyberattacks.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/irans-government-says-it-shut-down-internet-to-protect-against-cyberattacks/

My Los Angeles friends, you need to know that the LA Opera is having its costume sale this Saturday and you should. Buy stuff for yourself but also send me photos: https://laopera.org/costume-shop-sale

APT1 partying like it's 2004-2013.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/cyberattack-on-washington-post-compromises-email-accounts-of-journalists-70bf1300?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1

I would like to be Chrisjen Avasarala: impeccably-dressed, running things, swearing like a sailor.

But I am Camina Drummer: barely keeping it together, sort of in charge, with a lot of complicated relationships and a strong eyeliner game.

Much discussion about “opsec” (a term I don’t love when talking about people exercising their rights, but whatever) at protests today, including about phones and Faraday containers.

A Faraday container is probably less useful here than you think it is, but if you do rely on one, make sure it actually works. Here’s a post I did a while back on the ins and outs of containing RF: https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/faraday/

My "Thomas Friedman talking to a taxi driver/NYT interview in an Iowa diner" story:

The guy behind the counter at the Thai place down the street has informed me that his boss was a Trump supporter right up until fish sauce hit $12 a bottle and now she is furious.

Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-be-an-activist-when-youre-unable-to-attend-protests

You may be unsurprised to discover that a person whose knowledge of forensic analysis was brought to them entirely by ChatGPT did not, in fact, have cast-iron proof that a sophisticated and malicious actor has compromised their devices, network, and friends' devices.

Seriously, if you think that it is clever to respond to a guide with advice for journalists for protecting their devices when crossing the US border with "You just shouldn't ever go to the US!" please consider posting your response in your own timeline, where I will never have to see it.

Are you a journalist who needs advice for how to prepare your electronic devices for travel across the US border?

EFF and Freedom of the Press have you covered: https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/border-security/

If you have an iPhone, make sure you always have the latest security update.

If you are concerned that you might be targeted by government spyware, enable Lockdown Mode.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/apple-fixes-new-iphone-zero-day-bug-used-in-paragon-spyware-hacks/

Big update: The Internet Archive has launched a new version of GifCities, the search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. It's now easier to explore the glitter, chaos, and charm of early web animation.

Search better. Share better. Blink more.

Learn more: https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/keep-on-gifin-a-new-version-of-gifcities-internet-archives-geocities-animated-gif-search-engine/

Meta launched a stand-alone AI app and now it is full of sensitive content from Facebook users who appear to be unaware that they have made their conversations public: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-chatbot-discover-feed-depressing-why-2025-6

Taking abuse calls while watching footage of cops beating LA rioters was probably not the smartest idea I had today.