[-] andybytes@programming.dev 22 points 5 months ago

My head is going to explode

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I did this type of shit in the dead ass middle of the night on a torker bmx bike. Our society is so stupid it is tragic.

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Palmer Luckey (www.reversecanarymission.org)

Tech billionaire Palmer Luckey self-identifies as a "radical Zionist," pledges unqualified support for Israel's settler-colonial project, and leads Anduril in developing AI surveillance tech that bolsters the Zionist occupation and Israel's ongoing genocide in Palestine.

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I hope you bring this to a wider audience.

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A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phenomenon to Au10tix, the software X requires users (even anonymous ones) to use in order to verify their real identities.

Au10tix is an Israeli company founded and staffed by former Israeli spies from the elite Israeli military intelligence group Unit 8200. MintPress News investigates this disturbing phenomenon.

“The Largest Honeypot Operation On the Planet”

“I’m not even kidding when I say my full legal name, including my middle name, has been searched up in Israel 11 times in the past day,” wrote TransFemPOTUS, an anonymous X user who has been highly critical of Israel’s actions.

This was not an isolated incident. “So apparently my full legal name got searched for in Israel the other day,” revealed TheAtlantean9, an anonymous far-left user with a Palestinian flag in their bio.

Meanwhile, artist Bionico Bandito stated that “My full name got searched 100 times in Israel when I posted this,” referring to a cartoon depicting associates of Jeffrey Epstein being executed.

Across the world, from conservative Japanese accounts to American conspiracy theorists, anonymous users are reporting that data from Google Trends shows their real names, not divulged anywhere online, are being mass searched in Israel.

How could this be happening? Some laid the blame at Au10tix’s door. “Only Au10tix and X holds my data obtained from ID verification,” wrote one user in a viral post, adding, “The rumors are absolutely true.”

“Israel is now 100% confirmed to be Googling anonymous users on X and their family members shortly after they speak out against the country,” wrote another, concluding that, “X is now the largest honeypot operation on the planet.”

The theory centers around Israeli security company Au10tix, who, in 2023, was tasked with verifying users’ identities, a prerequisite for joining X’s premium service which allows users a far greater reach.

The process requires individuals to upload a picture of their passport or other photo I.D., and allow Au10tix to scan their face via their device’s camera. Au10tix claims that it deletes users’ data within 72 hours of receiving it. However, the fact that the company was founded and is staffed by veterans of notorious Israeli spying group Unit 8200 – a group that has been behind many of the most outrageous hacking, infiltration, and cyberwarfare scandals of the past decade – has led many to be extremely suspicious.

The idea that Au10tix itself, or the Israeli government could be using the data given to it by users in order to combat online criticism is far from outlandish. The Department of Homeland Security is already known to be doing the same, sending hundreds of subpoenas to Google, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Discord, and other large social media apps demanding they share the personal information and identities of anonymous users who have criticized the actions of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). Government officials confirmed to The New York Times that platforms have often complied with their requests.

Au10tix was founded in 2002 by Ron Atzmon, a Unit 8200 veteran whose father was treasurer of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party. It got its start providing hi-tech security systems at airports and other venues, before branching out into the online sphere.

Atzmon does not hide his strong political views. His professional LinkedIn profile is littered with posts supporting Israel, or condemning American students protesting Israel’s attack on Gaza, comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan, or reposting videos of far–right commentator Douglas Murray presenting the protestors as antisemitic supporters of terror.

A significant number of Au10tix’s employees are also ex-Israeli spooks. Until 2016, Eliran Levi was a Unit 8200 agent. In 2022, the company hired him as a developer. Others, however, go straight from the intelligence services into Au10tix. Lior Emuna, for instance, left her job as an intelligence analyst at Unit 8200 to join Au10tix. She is now an analytics manager. And in 2019, Sara Benita left her position as a mobile communications systems operator at Unit 8200 to become an engineer for the company. Director of product management, Shay Rechter, meanwhile, was a senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) commander before joining the organization.

Unit 8200 is the IDF’s most elite intelligence unit. Often described as “Israel’s Harvard,” it serves as the centerpiece of the country’s hi-tech spying and military apparatus. The unit is dedicated to surveillance, cyberwarfare, and online manipulation operations, and has been responsible for many of the most shocking acts of tech-based sabotage and terror in recent years.

This includes the 2024 Lebanese pager attack, where agents smuggled thousands of booby-trapped electronic devices into the country, exploding them en masse, killing 42 people and wounding thousands more. The event was widely condemned, even by former director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, as an act of terrorism.

Unit 8200 also created the notorious Pegasus software that was used to spy on more than 50,000 journalists, politicians, diplomats, business leaders and human rights defenders worldwide. Confirmed targets included President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, and Iraqi president, Barham Salih.

Known purchasers of Pegasus include the Central Intelligence Agency and the government of Saudi Arabia, who used it to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was assassinated by Saudi agents in Türkiye. All sales of Pegasus had to be approved by the Israeli government, who reportedly had access to the data Pegasus’ foreign customers were accruing.

Unit 8200 also reportedly produced malware that attacked Microsoft Windows operating systems, using loopholes it found to attack control systems, delete hard drives, and shut down key systems, such as the energy infrastructure of Iran.

Surely their most deadly endeavor, however, is Project Lavender. The group developed the Lavender software, which uses A.I. and big data to develop a profile on every person in Gaza (including children), assigning them a score of 1-100, based on individuals’ perceived connections to Hamas. A wide range of characteristics, including sharing similar work schedules to or being in a WhatsApp group with a known Hamas member, would raise one’s score. If an individual’s number reached a certain level, they would automatically be put on a list.

These A.I.-driven kill lists allowed the IDF to find a way around what they called “targeting bottlenecks,” with Lavender identifying over 37,000 Palestinians to be executed in the first few weeks of the attack alone. There was little-to-no human oversight on these systems.

Lavender is known to be distinctly hit-or-miss. Many professions with similar communication patterns to Hamas, including police and firefighters, or even people with the same name as a resistance fighter, were flagged for execution. IDF sources themselves suggest a 10% false positive rate.

Unit 8200 was able to do this thanks to the massive surveillance apparatus it has built up over time. Palestinians’ every public move is watched over by facial recognition cameras. Their calls, texts, and emails are monitored. Dossiers on every Palestinian, including their medical history, sex lives and search histories, are compiled, so that this information can be used for extortion or blackmail later. If, for example, an individual is cheating on their spouse, desperately needs a medical operation, or is secretly homosexual, this can be used as leverage to turn civilians into informants and spies for Israel. One former Unit 8200 operative said that as part of his training, he was assigned to memorize different Arabic words for “gay” so that he could listen out for them in conversations.

This is why X working with Au10tix, an organization established and run by agents of foreign power, compelling users to give it their most intimate personal details, is so controversial. Unit 8200 exists to carry out cyberwarfare and clandestine spying operations around the world, and it is an open question to what extent anyone ever truly retires from the business of espionage.

While its reputation is highly controversial around the world, Unit 8200 is considered the most prestigious group within the Israeli military. In a country with mandatory national service, parents spend fortunes on science and math classes for their children, hoping they will make the highly-competitive selection process, knowing that it represents a fast track to a lucrative career in the country’s burgeoning hi-tech sector. Hundreds end up working at Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other big American tech platforms.

Au10tix has insisted that it does not store users’ personal data, including their identities. But when a company is founded, headed and staffed by individuals from one of the most infamous spying organizations on the planet – one whose modus operandi has been to infiltrate, surveil, and blackmail both its allies and its opponents – the question arises: why would we trust them?

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Aviation analyst Alex Hollings, editor in chief of Sandbox News, joins ABC15 to break down how low-cost LUCAS drones are changing the war in Iran. These "kamikaze" drones are about 10 feet long and have a wingspan of eight feet. Launched via catapults or truck-mounted rockets, they fly to pre-programmed coordinates to destroy targets upon impact In an in-depth interview, Hollings explains why small companies like Phoenix-based SpektreWorks are increasingly central to U.S. defense strategy. He compares these drones with traditional missiles in terms of cost, range, and destructive power, and describes how they can overwhelm enemy air defenses.

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I know hasan is a simp and uses windows but he still needs to talk about this. Bring it up to newscum.... This is to crush learning and open source software. Liberals are fascist

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"India should convey its deep concern and displeasure that you [the US] brought maritime warfare to our doorstep," Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) told India Today TV. The sinking of the Iranian warship "shows the Iran-US-Israel war has come to our doorstep", he said.

So, the choice of location of the US strike on IRIS Dena was to avoid any diplomatic tussle with India.

American forces torpedoed Iranian warship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, near Sri Lanka. It was returning from Visakhapatnam after a multilateral naval exercise. The sinking of an Iranian ship in India's strategic waters but outside its maritime jurisdiction is significant. This is our analysis of the situation.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered turbulence in the Indian Ocean, waters that are strategic for India. An American submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in international waters in the Indian Ocean, off the southern coast of Sri Lanka. This was the first sinking of an enemy ship by torpedo by the US since World War II. The incident occurred as the frigate, a small warship, was returning from joint naval exercises in India. This comes even as Pakistan signalled that it could get drawn into the Iran conflict due to the defence pact with Saudi Arabia. These developments raise questions about stability in the Indian subcontinent and the wider South Asian waters.

The IRIS Dena, a frigate-class warship, participated in the Milan International Fleet Review in the Bay of Bengal from February 18 to 25, where it was welcomed by the Indian Navy. It was returning from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and was targeted in international waters.

Reports suggest that 80 aboard the IRIS Dena might have been killed in the American attack. The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued approximately 30 sailors from the IRIS Dena so far, with the survivors being brought to Karapitiya Hospital in the southern port city of Galle for medical attention.

Operations continue in hopes of finding more people, with air force support aiding the search. The response aligns with Sri Lanka's duties under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which mandates that states provide assistance to vessels in distress at sea, regardless of nationality.

It is the closest Indians have felt the Iran war close to home. Israel and the US launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, taking out its top-tier leadership, including Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Iran has been firing drones and missiles since then at countries that hosted American bases and even those that didn't, turning the entire Middle East into a conflict zone. INDICATIONS OF HEAVY PRESENCE OF US NAVY IN INDIAN OCEAN

This strike on IRIS Dena, carried out by a US submarine, indicates the heavy presence of American naval assets in the Indian Ocean, an area where the US Navy operates more submarines than in many other regions. The attack involved a torpedo.

Torpedo attacks break a warship's keel – which explains why rescuers found no vessel upon arrival.

The primary US naval formation responsible for much of the western and central Indian Ocean, including the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and parts of the broader Indian Ocean, is the Fifth Fleet, which is headquartered in Bahrain.

The Fifth Fleet typically operates 15 to 35 major warships at any given time, including elements of a Carrier Strike Group (CSG) when deployed, surface combatants like destroyers and cruisers, logistics ships, and often 1-2 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs).

The US Navy has long emphasised undersea superiority, with Virginia-class and Los Angeles-class SSNs frequently rotating through the Indian Ocean region for missions such as intelligence gathering, deterrence, and strike capabilities.

The strike could mean that the United States Indo-Pacific Command (PACOM) is now involved in the Iran war.

The sinking of the Iranian vessel also intersects with the Indo-Pacific strategic architecture. India and the US are partners through the Quad grouping, alongside Japan and Australia.

The Quad has consistently emphasised a "free and open Indo-Pacific", maritime stability, and respect for international law. HOW STRIKE ON IRIS DENA BY US IS SIGNIFICANT FOR INDIA

Debates are already on over how this impacts India, as it unfolded in New Delhi's sphere of influence – right in India's backyard.

"India should convey its deep concern and displeasure that you [the US] brought maritime warfare to our doorstep," Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) told India Today TV. The sinking of the Iranian warship "shows the Iran-US-Israel war has come to our doorstep", he said.

Geopolitics and international relations analyst Zorawar Daulet Singh said in a post on X, "Iranian missiles have pushed the US navy close to Indian waters. This is precisely one of the scenarios for which the US signed the LEMOA (logistics agreement) with India. But the repercussions for India to be even an inadvertent war party in an aggressive & unprovoked intervention by the US would be dangerous. This is the time for the Indian government to act independently and intelligently to safeguard Indian interests."

The Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement, inked in 2016, allows the US and India to access each other's military facilities for refuelling, repairs, and supplies. It was designed to enhance interoperability during joint operations or crises, such as countering threats in the Indo-Pacific. In this case, the proximity of US submarines to Indian waters could suggest reliance on such pacts for rapid deployment and sustainment.

National security expert Nitin A Gokhale saw the sinking of the IRIS Dena in international waters close to India as a further escalation of the Iran crisis.

"Escalation has now spread to the Indian Ocean and nearer India. Iranian ship Iris Dena, returning from Exercise Milan and the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam, almost certainly torpedoed off the coast of Sri Lanka, near Galle, several reports indicate. Hundreds missing. Almost certainly a US sub attack. Now, was the submarine part of to CENTCOM or Indo-PACOM?" posted Gokhale on X.

The sinking of IRIS Dena by the US in the Indian Ocean somehow brings India into the discussions on the conflict. India ties with Iran were civilisational. Energy security and the Chabahar port were part of the relationship.

Congress leader Pawan Khera, in a post on X, said, "Today, an Iranian naval vessel - returning from the Milan 2026 International Fleet Review, where it had been invited by India - was sunk by a U.S. submarine at the edge of Indian waters near Sri Lanka. Does India have no influence left in its own neighbourhood? Or has that space also been quietly ceded to Washington and Tel Aviv?"

According to a Reuters report, the confirmation of the American role in the sinking of the Iranian warship by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth came amid ongoing investigations, with Sri Lankan forces prioritising humanitarian aid.

US CHOSE WATERS CLOSE TO INDIA BUT OUTSIDE ITS JURISDICTION

Ultimately, one has to remember that though the strike on IRIS Dena was in India's strategic waters, it wasn't in its jurisdiction but in international waters.

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Had the warship circumnavigated Sri Lanka and reached Kochi, it would have moved along Indian waters in its maritime territory up to Gujarat, for further journey towards Iran. There couldn't have been any strike then, because that would have made it a diplomatic issue between India and the US.

Experts are suggesting that Indian Ocean doesn't mean India's ocean.

"While this is bad news and a reaction is imperative, must remember that the Indian Ocean not equal to Indian territory. The ship was on a visit to an Indian port but that was before the war began. Sooner or later, It was bound to be targeted by the enemy like any warship would be," wrote columnist and satirist Kamlesh Singh on X.

So, the choice of location of the US strike on IRIS Dena was to avoid any diplomatic tussle with India. SRI LANKAN NAVY RESCUED IRANIAN SAILORS

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told parliament that around 180 people were aboard the ship when it sent out a distress signal. The Sri Lankan Navy launched a rescue operation, recovering bodies from the sea and spotting an oil slick at the site, but no trace of the vessel itself, reported news agency Reuters.

Commander Buddhika Sampath, a navy spokesman, said the incident happened outside Sri Lankan waters, yet Colombo remained committed to assisting under international obligations. No other ships or aircraft were observed in the area, he added, emphasising that the focus was on saving lives before investigating the cause.

The Sri Lankan Navy followed the UNCLOS code, which was adopted in 1982 to promote maritime safety and requires coastal nations to coordinate rescue efforts in their search and rescue regions.

Retired Indian Navy officer and defence commentator Abhijit Singh explained in a post on X why no country could have given safe harbour to the IRIS Dena. He highlighted the issue of "neutrality in wartime".

"The vessel had left Vizag well before hostilities began, but must have known it would be hunted by US submarines in the IOR. Its crew likely understood that regional states could not offer harbour without appearing to take sides - an act forbidden for neutrals in war," remarked Singh.

The significance is also in the rarity of a warship being torpedoed and sunk by submarines. This is the fourth such case, and the first involving the US, since World War 2.

"Only 4 warships sunk by submarines in the last 80 years since WW2. That's how rare the sinking of the IRIS Dena is," said defence expert and senior journalist Sandeep Unnithan. SINKING OF IRAN SHIP COMES AMID PAKISTAN'S SIGNALLING

The sinking of the Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean came even as reports emerged of Pakistan signalling that it could get involved in the Iran conflictdue to the defence pact with Saudi Arabia.

Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar said he warned his Iranian counterpart against raining missiles or drones on Saudi Arabia, according to a report in The Financial Times.

Though Pakistan is just paying lip service, Dar's remarks, along with the IRIS Dena's sinking, point to a grave situation where the fire from the Middle East could spread eastwards.

So, the US torpedoing of the Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean is significant because of the rarity of the strike and also that it has taken place so close to India at a time the crisis is seen to be escalating. However, it has to be remembered that the attack, which has taken place in India's strategic waters, is outside its maritime jurisdiction.

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Gassed in the Gulf : the inside story of the Pentagon-CIA cover-up of Gulf War Syndrome

The Inside Story of the Pentagon-CIA Cover-up of Gulf War Syndrome read it online

Patrick G Eddington

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The democraps have nothing to advocate for so they let the king release his dogs. Optically now they can look good! DSA = Democrat..... both parties are at fault. ICE is apart of the plan. To distract away from the modern day holocaust. Foreign policy is domestic policy. There is only one party. You are all playing your part in the grand illusion. Tricks are for kids. Hope is for those who don’t read or pay attention… 40 years on this wretched earth….. pfffft cold war libs hahaha nothing ever changes. Pro war liberal is like nuns working in porno. I have tooo much experience to believe in stooooooopid ideas. America Bad Baby all day every day. STOP HAVING KIDS!!!!! You live in a inversion! YOUR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER. It is all about managing perception. Yankees cheering on their demise. Sure you won a battle .... good for you bucko but just look at the crumbling society you leave behind. What a dump! 3rd party or I will not vote... I will obstruct as I wait on the working class to get its head out of its arse. NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR. You need to think in the terms of 2 birds 1 stone. When looking at complicated issues you need to think "It is never just one thing. It all feeds into the grand mission" ....THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE MORAL IMPROVES!!!!!!! You don't understand your beliefs because they are merely self interest.... It is only a matter of time before you get sick and tired of the games... YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY NEED TO LEARN HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED AND PAY ATTENTION. yet you are lazy guided like a horse

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago

UNOooooooooooo.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago

Stonewall was a riot.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago

These drivers are treated like shit. There is a reason why things are the way they are. I didn't get my package right away, but it's okay, because eventually I did and they just left it. They're asked to do much for way too little. Remember, it's the fuckers at the top that cause all of our problems. Don't blame the help.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

As long as it's not owned by a douchebag and its open source and transparent, I don't give a fuck what you call it.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago

Remember to tell them what they want to hear and they will do the same but we all know it is just a game.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

This is why I got my 70 year old mother on a frameworks laptop running pop OS. It looks like a Mac and she thinks its pretty. Switching cost is over hyped. Fuck big tech

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago

Good fuck McDonalds

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wounded if working people will be able to afford this... Given the amount of amputee veterans who lost limbs and veteran suicide rate...me thinks not... But sure it seems pretty nifty...just swell

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

Maybe due to all of the accomplishments of the Cheeto king's administration life expectancy will be measured in months to hide the fact that our collective life expectancy has been drastically reduced. When you got studies coming out saying that the poorest European lives about as long as the richest American, well you know you got a problem.

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

Finally I am represented hahaha

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago

This is an example of corporate terrorism sponsored by our own government. Elon Musk loves to see himself as the villain in Ready Player One. And this is not a joke you can look it up. Big tech is waging war against American citizens, and no longer do we have any control of our government, and the Democrats will not save us. The electoral processes will not save us. This is just hard for some people to accept, that's why things have to fall apart before they get a clue. Unfortunately, those that are wiser are going to feel the flames first.

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