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scroll down to "Traffic Archive", select "1 month" and drag the slider while checking the "Historical Emergency Level" plot.

i built a small system that tracks a fixed cohort of business jets (from FAA registry data, matched via ICAO hex) and counts how many are airborne at a given time. it ingests ADS-B…

I made a few interactive art installations last year using SDXL Turbo with a multi-GPU on-site setup. After we got a request to show a piece in Europe, I researched whether it woul…

super fascinating to see this comment! it gave me the chance to take a step through my memories, and try to guess who might have felt this way. if i was an asshole to you and never…

my impression was that apple initiated contact based on an assumption that i was running a keylogger or other information that could be used for identity theft. they quickly learne…

author here. i'm deeply, genuinely grateful that you all care enough to revisit and discuss this decade-old work. special thanks to throwayyy479087 for stirring some shit on my beh…

Real change should come from a reduction first, then offsetting what you can't reduce (until you can). So, in theory, yes. And probably for much less even, because there is still a…

Hi everyone :) This is from some new research I just published. You can read about the full methodology in this 22-page writeup[1] and I also made a tracker [2]. [1] https://github…

Hi everyone :) This is from some new research I just published. You can read about the full methodology in this 22-page writeup[1] and I also wrote a short summary [2]. [1] https:/…

Just want to say thanks again for the great comment. I was following Van Buren, and it was a certainly vindication. I agree with you there is a push and pull. Here's hoping that de…

Wow, incredible response! I appreciate you taking the time to respond :) I am very familiar with Aaron's case. I think your analysis is correct: some people believe I made a bad ju…

Thanks for spending time thinking through some of this :) I think it "felt like 30" because I was nervous. Not because I thought it was illegal or unethical, but because I was brea…

OP here. Thank you for sharing this. I'm lucky in that this is the only bad knock I've had. And after a few years this effect slowly disappeared for me.

Hi, OP here. Do I know you? Thanks for your thoughts :) I would hope that anyone evaluating this project today not look at it alone, but examine it as part of a much larger body of…

OP here. The only reason I wasn't charged is because AUSA Judith Philips refused to prosecute me. Also, Aaron Swartz was investigated by both the FBI and the USSS.

OP here. syshum has it correct. If you take a photo with your lens on one side of the Apple Store's massive glass wall, it is legally the same from a privacy perspective as taking …

Hi, OP here. Just some technical clarification. There were two apps. The first one took a photo once a minute and uploaded it to a PHP script on my server. Apple probably identifie…

Hi, OP here. Just wanted to add one point of technical clarification: it wasn't a RAT, it was a C++ app that used the QuickTime SDK to connect to the camera, OpenCV to run face det…

OP here. This person gets it.

OP here. Not going to disagree about folks underestimating where the real danger is. But the fear of photography is not unfounded. There are many examples of people suffering from …

OP here. Just to clarify, this piece was not primarily designed for the Apple Store audience. I felt that it was important to exhibit the photos in the store, but I knew that the m…

OP here. Thanks for taking the time to share the (scary) connection you made while reading. While this story has been picked up by security folks, I am definitely not a security re…