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Summary of an article on HUMINT in the modern age. A lot of focus is on sending case officers into places and maintaining cover, but really HUMINT is about recruitment and running agents. The fantasy of elite undercover agents who shapeshift into new identities all the time is not accurate for the vast majority of intelligence work.
Insane story. Police used DNA collected from a woman’s rape kit to arrest her for shoplifting. The DA dropped the case and California is passing laws prohibiting the used of DNA collected like this.
90 Minuten Telefonat mit #Putin: Russland muss seine Truppen aus der #Ukraine zurückziehen und die Souveränität und territoriale Integrität anerkennen. Anders ist eine diplomatische Lösung nicht vorstellbar. https://t.co/OizvxZHwiE
Part 1 in my new PlayStation hacking series: An **unpatched** PS4 / PS5 userland exploit that also allows pirating PS2 games.
mast1c0re: Hacking the PS4 / PS5 through the PS2 emulator - Part 1 - Escape: cturt.github.io/mast1c0re.html
Video demo:
I believe this is often overlooked in programming. We fixate on making bugs impossible, where a better investment is making classes of bugs easily detectable.