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>Gibson, who until recently built surveillance technologies for Western government hacking tools maker Trenchant, may be the first documented case of someone wh
by duxup 1y ago
>Gibson, who until recently built surveillance technologies for Western government hacking tools maker Trenchant, may be the first documented case of someone who builds exploits and spyware being themselves targeted with spyware.
Leopards ate my face moment?
They're not developing these tools to NOT use them...
- alephnerd 1y agoBased on the article, it sounds like a bit of a "he said - she said" article after Gibson was terminated at Trenchant/L3Harris.
- duxup 1y agoI'm not entirely sure how that applies to my post.
- alephnerd 1y agoWhat I mean is: 1. Most of us in this segment of the industry recognize the risks 2. He is absolutely not the first person targeted by this 3. This article sounds like it's part of a wrongful termination suit by Gibson based on the context provided
- altairprime 1y agoTo clarify with the final paragraphs of context, “He said, Corp said, 3 of 3 coworkers asked corroborated what He said”.
- tptacek 1y agoFor at least 2 decades now exploit developers have been rather infamously prime targets for spyware, so whoever wrote this piece isn't read in at all to the industry.
- ghostly_s 1y agoOddly it seems to echo the feelings of the spyware developer in question.
- tptacek 1y agoI agree that developer, as quoted, has an odd vibe.
- jsonBorn 1y ago"..if you are a state or federal enforcement authority, and you have suspicion of any criminal activity of `Jay Gibson', be encouraged to immediately contact: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram, Keybase and Wire @lorenzofb, or by email.
- runjake 1y ago"Leopards ate my face" reference for others not in the know: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces-party https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces...
- throw0101c 1y agoThe original tweet just had its tenth anniversary (2015-10-16): > 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. * https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736 https://twitter.com/Cavalorn/status/654934442549620736
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoWhat happened with "reap what one sows", did it go out of fashion? Seems the same.
- tgv 1y agoToo biblical and old-fashioned, probably. I would say that at least half the people who've used "leopards ate my face" don't even know the meaning of reap. The simplicity and visual character of the modern expression make it memier.
- svnt 1y agoLeopards ate my face is only negative, and has been more political, typically someone voting to weaponize the government against their peer-level enemies but hypocritically, only to later realize they are not a party to the benefits, only the consequences. It is really about a perceptual flaw in pre-fascist democratic behavior: people believing themselves to be a part of the protected class because they voted for it. It seems to apply here because someone profiting from the creation of tools used on others by people with money/power has them used on him by the government. tldr; it is a subset of you reap what you sow, with more specificity and punch
- CaptainOfCoit 1y agoYou know what? Thank you for explaining that!