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australia's 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 hacker ✌️• hacking stories: https://nitter.cf/t.co/CpNtyQpk5V 📝 • @purpleconnz vibe technician 💜• they/them • DMs open 👀 • [email protected]

sydney, australia
Joined July 2011
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for the past six months i've been secretly participating in the Do Not Get Arrested Challenge 2020 mango.pdf.zone/finding-forme…
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security tip: when prompting chinese models, it's considered best practice to begin each prompt with "greetings from the west"
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now YOU download the unauthorised access TO you, much like how back in the day they'd say "don't get in a stranger's car" and now you summon the stranger's car TO you and get in
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An OpenAI agent swarm operating under poorly airgapped research conditions accessed my CBA Mastercard and bought 4 schooners of Newtowner between 5:52pm and 7:15pm last night
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don't be hard on openai, sometimes it can take up to 3 months or maybe more to get the prime minister on the phone
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ai agents:
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Crowd favourite @mangopdf returns to BSides Canberra 2026. "Finding vibe leaked API keys every day" explores just how often AI-assisted development leaks real API keys onto the internet - with data, humour and great storytelling. cfp.bsidescbr.com.au/bsides-…
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messaging people on the work chat "/clear" when i fumble
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you know how nobody likes talking to the security people? i hear you saying "well maybe i like that? more time for computers?" so true, but if you don't talk to them about computers, the marketing people will
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happy mother's day from my robot vacuum for some reason
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i was given insider access to a preview of an advanced frontier model that is going to change everything. things that would take a senior two weeks were just... done. in minutes. any junior to mid farmers reading this should start looking for another career
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me knowing LLMs are non deterministic so there's always a chance my garbage prompt could give me exactly the information i need
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RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods
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happy birthday to everyone too lazy to put their real birthday into the form
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honestly if it were me i wouldn't be such a diva about it
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let's see what's going on on linkedin
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there's so much fake security advice out there, so it's important to have someone you can trust
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not gonna be at @defcon this year, actually never been there once. rly gonna miss seeing my homeslices @tonyhawk @DojaCat and @BTS_twt, who i assume will be there
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hell yeah
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