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Profile Code

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Last Notes

2026-08-29 21:50:14 CEST

The US just designated an Italian hacker collective (similar to Riseup) a terrorist organization. Please read this article about Autistici/Inventati, which I’ve reposted from Sabot Media https://micahflee.com/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati/

2026-06-18 19:44:39 CEST

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2026-05-24 19:15:15 CEST

https://isaiprofitable.com

2026-05-15 03:03:03 CEST

Eight password reset emails in a row that I didn’t trigger from Instagram. From my dormant, locked account that uses an anonymized email address. Nothing to be suspicious about right?
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2026-03-23 20:16:39 CET

We're getting ready to release Facebook support for @npub198w…wyl8 ! Want to beta test it? Read this and fill out the form by this weekend if you're interested https://nextcloud.lockdown.systems/apps/forms/s/qpMYtoeGKBedbfYk2iX5jQ9o
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2026-03-01 21:47:37 CET

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I just threw together a website visualizing this ICE contract data! You can browse through the companies and their contracts, and filter them by state https://micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts/

2026-03-01 20:45:25 CET

DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org!
Enjoy 🧊🔨 https://ddosecrets.org/article/ice-contracts

2026-01-31 01:10:59 CET

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there is no real workaround, you just shouldn’t use AI agents that have so much access to all your data

2026-01-30 23:36:34 CET

I wrote about how to use Signal nicknames so that you don't have to be confused about who everyone is in all of your Signal groups https://micahflee.com/are-your-signal-groups-full-of-people-name-things-like-l-or-sinicknames/

2025-11-27 18:20:47 CET

https://replaceyourboss.ai/

2025-11-14 22:27:17 CET

How to easily dig through the Epstein files yourself https://micahflee.com/how-to-easily-dig-through-the-epstein-files-yourself/

2025-10-31 19:44:20 CET

I made a little project called Claudito (little Claude, in a sandbox) that runs Claude Code in a docker container, isolating it from your filesystem, your SSH keys, etc. Check it out: https://github.com/micahflee/claudito
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2025-10-26 05:02:49 CET

Watch my BSidesPDX keynote where I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advise for communities to defend themselves https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/

2025-10-23 20:57:58 CEST

I was interviewed on the Kill Switch podcast about ICEBlock app, the mutual aid group NorCal Resist, and the insane situation we’re in where Apple and Google are collaborating with Trump to censor apps at will https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-switch/id1449757372?i=1000732939606

2025-10-19 20:42:30 CEST

In war-torn Portland? Watch me speak at BSidesPDX! https://micahflee.com/in-war-torn-portland-watch-me-speak-at-bsidespdx/

2025-09-13 00:28:48 CEST

Proton Mail suspended the account of a journalist writing for the hacker zine Phrack at the request of a cybersecurity agency, only reinstating the account after public outcry https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/proton-mail-journalist-accounts-suspended/

2025-09-08 13:19:19 CEST

I told Joshua Aaron, developer of ICEBlock, that he was running a vulnerable version of Apache on his server. He ignored my vulnerability report and blocked me, and his service is still vulnerable today https://micahflee.com/iceblock-handled-my-vulnerability-report-in-the-worst-possible-way/

2025-09-04 17:07:25 CEST

Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-dockworkers-threaten-israel-cargo-ban-gaza-flotilla-departs-genova/
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2025-09-02 00:57:07 CEST

I wrote about the ICEBlock app, the developer's infuriating HOPE talk, and how it's unfortunately basically activism theater https://micahflee.com/unfortunately-the-iceblock-app-is-activism-theater/

2025-08-19 20:24:04 CEST

My DEFCON talk "We are currently clean on OPSEC" now has over 30k views on YouTube, so now more people watched my talk than attended DEFCON itself. If you haven't seen it, please do! The Trump admin's incompetence is mindbogglingly BONKERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYyfrTIPQY

2025-08-16 18:07:44 CEST

Lockdown Systems spoke at HOPE (me, @npub1h5m…mqhf and @npub1tvd…53xk)! Watch it here: Claw Back Your Data With @npub198w…wyl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnbwTlT-DP0

2025-08-12 23:03:20 CEST

I just added a copy of my slides for my "We are currently clean on OPSEC" DEFCON talk here, in case you're interested https://micahflee.com/we-are-currently-clean-on-opsec-the-signalgate-saga/

2025-08-11 02:15:23 CEST

Check out my #DEFCON33 talk about the Signalgate, full of unbelievable incompetence from the highest levels of the Trump administration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYyfrTIPQY

2025-08-10 19:46:29 CEST

Lockdown Systems and @npub198w…wyl8 representing at DEFCON
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2025-08-10 00:34:16 CEST

If you wanna see my "We are currently clean on OPSEC" talk but you're not at DEFCON, here's the livestream. It starts in half an hour! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X6VuQT4Oc

2025-08-01 20:31:16 CEST

Going to DEFCON? See my talk, "We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga https://micahflee.com/going-to-defcon-see-my-talk-we-are-currently-clean-on-opsec-the-signalgate-saga/

2025-06-22 04:00:49 CEST

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2025-06-16 20:26:09 CEST

I wrote about how to turn in-person meetings into Signal groups, how to manage large semi-public Signal groups while vetting new members, and how to use announcement-only Signal groups, perfect for rapidly responding to ICE raids https://micahflee.com/using-signal-groups-for-activism/

2025-05-30 18:22:40 CEST

"As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.1Jc7.0jDA7GKbRWlg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-05-26 16:49:34 CEST

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Also, here are some details about the a 24 year old White House staffer in the dataset
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2025-05-26 16:49:08 CEST

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TeleMessage is the comically insecure Israeli firm that makes the modified Signal app used by Trumpers. I've decided to publish my code as open source in the hopes that other journalists will use it to find revelations in this dataset
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2025-05-26 16:43:51 CEST

Check it out. I just published TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool https://micahflee.com/telemessage-explorer-a-new-open-source-research-tool/

2025-05-22 20:01:43 CEST

This is very good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXR9PByA9SY

2025-05-22 05:09:13 CEST

My latest on the clean OPSEC saga: TeleMessage customers include DC Police, Andreesen Horowitz, JP Morgan, and hundreds more https://micahflee.com/telemessage-customers-include-dc-police-andreesen-horowitz-jp-morgan-and-hundreds-more/

2025-05-21 18:44:26 CEST

First article based on the TeleMessage dataset published by @npub1dp6…xtp6 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hacker-who-breached-communications-app-used-by-trump-aide-stole-data-across-us-2025-05-21/

2025-05-19 18:56:44 CEST

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Follow @npub1dp6…xtp6 👆

2025-05-19 18:54:31 CEST

DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage's archive server https://micahflee.com/ddosecrets-publishes-410-gb-of-heap-dumps-hacked-from-telemessages-archive-server/

2025-05-18 13:11:54 CEST

Here's how the TM SGNL server, which had access to plaintext chat logs from people like Mike Waltz, got hacked in about 20 minutes https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/ (my first article in WIRED!)

2025-05-17 00:49:41 CEST

I'm in this 15 minute episode of the Click Here podcast talking about the absurdity of the TeleMessage SGNL hack https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/click-here/id1225077306?i=1000708720067

2025-05-14 18:44:39 CEST

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants https://www.vice.com/en/article/tesla-reportedly-has-800-million-worth-of-cybertrucks-that-nobody-wants/

2025-05-08 21:14:06 CEST

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This was actually first discovered by "doge whisperer" on bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/dogginglover.bsky.social/post/3li3iduhgee24

2025-05-08 17:53:18 CEST

DOGE bro Kyle Schutt's computer infected by malware, credentials found in stealer logs https://micahflee.com/doge-bro-kyle-schutts-computer-infected-by-malware-credentials-found-in-stealer-logs/

2025-05-06 22:32:50 CEST

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“A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in plaintext” https://www.wired.com/story/tm-signal-telemessage-plaintext-message-archive/

2025-05-06 22:00:31 CEST

Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs. My findings are based on TM SGNL's source code, and they are corroborated by hacked data https://micahflee.com/despite-misleading-marketing-israeli-company-telemessage-used-by-trump-officials-can-access-plaintext-chat-logs/

2025-05-06 02:59:27 CEST

Always a comforting sign when someone who isn't you is searching for your email address in @npub1rqs…83hv 🫠
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2025-05-05 00:04:04 CEST

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TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said https://micahflee.com/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/

2025-05-04 17:23:42 CEST

New bug report opened in the TM SGNL github repo https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android/issues/1
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2025-05-03 22:26:12 CEST

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The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research https://micahflee.com/heres-the-source-code-for-the-unofficial-signal-app-used-by-trump-officials/
iOS code: https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-iOS
Android code: https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android

2025-05-02 23:36:29 CEST

I wrote up a detailed analysis of TM SGNL, the unofficial Signal app that senior Trump fascists use to organize their war crimes https://micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-obscure-unofficial-signal-app-mike-waltz-uses-to-text-with-trump-officials/

2025-04-30 01:24:10 CEST

They're explicitly trying to make antisemitic speech legal, so that just anti-Israel speech will be illegal https://forward.com/fast-forward/716347/antisemitism-bill-congress-jews-jesus/

2025-04-20 23:23:45 CEST

“Never before has a government repressed its citizens’ free speech and academic freedom so brutally in order to protect an entirely different country” https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-palestine-campus-repression-analysis/

2025-04-11 03:21:41 CEST

The #TeslaTakedown demand to “sell your Tesla” is working. 67% more used Teslas are on the market and there’s a 9% drop in new Tesla sales, compared to this time last year https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/tesla-used-car-listings-skyrocketed-in-march/

2025-04-09 17:08:59 CEST

Here's how to set up ~$30 worth of gear to detect cell-site simulators, which are used by police and ICE to spy on phones in a physical location, using @npub1m24…d9a3's new tool Rayhunter https://micahflee.com/hunting-street-level-cell-phone-surveillance-with-rayhunter/

2025-04-06 18:23:32 CEST

The leftists vs liberal discourse about yesterday’s big protests is so stupid. There’s nothing wrong with millions of people protesting Trump. There will be more protests. There will be more diversity of tactics. But people in the streets is a good thing

2025-04-05 22:53:38 CEST

Made a new sign!
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2025-03-28 19:22:06 CET

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update: I will be remaking this sign to be slightly less embarrassing, because this time I will spell embarrassing with two Rs instead of one

2025-03-28 19:06:10 CET

I made a sign for tomorrow’s #TeslaTakedown protests!
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2025-03-25 21:58:21 CET

Important OPSEC tip: If you can, avoid inviting investigative journalists into your classified war planning group chat

2025-03-24 18:10:33 CET

Trump admin uses Signal to coordinate military operations, and also accidentally added the editor in chief of The Atlantic to a group about bombing Houthi targets in Yemen that includes JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and other dipshits https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M

2025-03-22 00:36:16 CET

Okay, Karen
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2025-03-21 21:46:05 CET

The third installment of my Paramilitary Leaks series. The American Patriots Three Percent militia's fraudulent charity front group https://micahflee.com/the-ap-iii-militias-fraudulent-charity-front-group/

2025-03-20 18:38:55 CET

#TeslaTakedown protesters planning "biggest day of action" on March 29 https://www.theverge.com/news/633091/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action

2025-03-18 23:01:40 CET

Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-board-members-executive-sell-off-100-million/story?id=119889047

2025-03-12 16:04:23 CET

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hey! I'm doing a series of blog post on exploring some leaked data and I'm featuring Datasette in it FYI

2025-03-12 15:59:06 CET

Here's the second installment of my Paramilitary Leaks series. How you can set up your computer to read through the leaked militia chats yourself https://micahflee.com/step-by-step-guide-to-reading-the-leaked-militia-chats-yourself/

2025-03-11 02:33:28 CET

"If everything goes right, none of you will be able to afford food, housing, or retirement ever again." https://theonion.com/trump-says-recession-unfortunate-but-necessary-step-to-get-to-depression/

2025-03-11 00:37:02 CET

"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urgently need legal support, and I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm." https://zeteo.com/p/scoop-emails-show-mahmoud-khalil-ask-columbia-protection-ice

2025-03-10 15:46:22 CET

I’m liking the shape of this curve
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2025-03-06 20:56:32 CET

Congrats everyone! Tesla stock has now dropped down to where it was just before Trump was elected/Elon was appointed Shadow President
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2025-03-06 18:39:06 CET

Starting today, you can use @npub198w…wyl8 to migrate your old tweets into Bluesky. Support for migrating to Mastodon coming soon too! https://cyd.social/migrate-your-tweets-to-bluesky-with-the-latest-version-of-cyd/

2025-03-05 17:39:49 CET

I'm starting a series of posts digging into the Paramilitary Leaks dataset (200GB of data from the militias American Patriot Three Percent and Oath Keepers, collected by an infiltrator) if anyone wants to follow along https://micahflee.com/exploring-the-paramilitary-leaks/

2025-03-05 00:17:51 CET

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Seven Tesla charged torched near Boston https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-charging-stations-torched-apparent-arson-boston-latest-attack-el-rcna194692

2025-03-05 00:14:17 CET

Twelve Tesla burned to a crisp at a dealership in France https://electrek.co/2025/03/03/a-dozen-tesla-cars-burned-at-store-arson-is-suspected-amid-global-protests/

2025-03-04 01:14:47 CET

Help make the Tesla brand toxic. Fight fascism and Elon Musk by taking down Tesla #TeslaTakedown https://micahflee.com/fight-fascism-and-elon-musk-by-taking-down-tesla/

2025-03-04 01:12:22 CET

I made a #TeslaTakedown flyer you can put on put on any parked Tesla you see https://micahflee.com/fight-fascism-and-elon-musk-by-taking-down-tesla/

2025-02-20 20:45:47 CET

I just wrote a quick blog post about why Substack writers should switch to Ghost! https://micahflee.com/2025/02/not-only-is-substack-right-wing-broligarchy-garbage-its-way-more-expensive-than-ghost/

2025-02-14 16:55:13 CET

Tesla sales down 37.9% in Norway, 63.4% in France, 75.4% in Spain https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/
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2025-02-12 02:16:55 CET

@npub1m24…d9a3 Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data

2025-02-06 17:00:13 CET

You can’t post your way out of fascism https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/

2025-01-31 02:22:30 CET

Major internet freedom, censorship circumvention, and encryption tools made by groups like Tor Project, Guardian Project, and OONI have been severely impacted by Trump’s State Department executive order freezing foreign aid https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/executive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship

2025-01-28 16:58:32 CET

Proton Mail @npub19kd…t56d claims to be “politically neutral” while praising the Republican Party https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

2025-01-26 18:39:36 CET

10 years ago today I published my first Snowden documents! They were about a Canadian/UK spy program called BADASS, where monitored HTTP requests (this was before widespread HTTPS) from ad/analytics libraries in mobile apps to spy on everyone with smartphones https://theintercept.com/2015/01/26/secret-badass-spy-program/

2025-01-24 20:50:07 CET

Check it out we just made @npub198w…wyl8 open source!!! https://cyd.social/cyd-is-now-open-source/

2025-01-23 00:45:01 CET

Personally I think we should be saying "licking the boot" instead of "bending the knee" or "kissing the ring"

2025-01-20 22:43:41 CET

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2025-01-15 00:22:01 CET

I've been running Fedora as a daily driver for fun and I'm really liking that when you run commands as sudo, your terminal window turns red

2025-01-13 18:39:10 CET

When you pretend that you know how to use Linux
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2025-01-06 20:05:11 CET

Today, @npub1dp6…xtp6 published 212GB of chat logs and recordings from paramilitary/militia groups, including Three Percent and Oath Keepers, available for everyone to download https://ddosecrets.com/article/paramilitary-leaks
More about the leak from @npub1qmg…s6k5: https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole

2025-01-06 19:16:29 CET

This January 6, why not learn the Python/data science needed to sort through a million videos uploaded to Parler, tracking down videos uploaded by anti-democracy Trump supporters as they attacked the Capitol after Trump lost? Here's chapter 11 of my book https://hacksandleaks.com/chapter-11.html

2025-01-02 22:22:49 CET

If you have a New Year's resolution to finally ditch X/Twitter/Elon, here is a step-by-step guide for how to do it while still keeping your username, and letting your followers where to find you next https://cyd.social/want-to-quit-x-in-2025-heres-how-to-do-it-the-right-way-with-cyd/ using @npub198w…wyl8

2025-01-02 21:41:46 CET

"Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/

2024-12-03 20:23:25 CET

Hey check it out there's an article about me and my new project @npub198w…wyl8 in Wired! https://www.wired.com/story/x-delete-posts-cyd-micah-lee/

2024-11-21 21:59:49 CET

Here's what the Windows installer for @npub198w…wyl8 looks like
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2024-10-17 23:53:52 CEST

I love it when I get emails like this when I am absolutely not trying to reset my password
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