Lee Johnstone

CTRLBOX Cyber Security Consulting

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

I feel old knowing this account was made in 2009

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Regarding Pavel Durov, the apprehension of the CEO of Telegram:

tl;dr is he responsible for the crazy stuff people do?

There is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of consequences. Indeed — Mr. Durov provides a platform used by journalists and individuals communicating under tyranny. However, because Mr. Durov is the CEO of a large communications platform, his organization is subject to different territories judicial rulings. Virtually every single country on the planet has regulations in place which define the responsibilities of the entity (i.e. organization) and the roles they must introduce to prohibit illegal behavior. Some countries are more restrictive, others are more 'lax.

It is no surprise really France (and surely other countries beyond France) believe Mr. Durov must be held responsible for the behavior of its end users. This is not a debate of 'free speech' as it falls within the scope of liability of end user behavior.

Example: we are aware Wagner Group openly recruits people on Telegram. Should Wagner group be allowed on Telegram? Many countries despise this group, whereas other countries like this group and praise their actions (we are sure our western colleagues may find that shocking). If they are allowed to use Telegram, to what end can they operate? Is Mr. Durov responsible for their actions which violate laws in different regions? This is not a rhetorical question. Each country, people from different geographical locations, philosophical beliefs, religions, and personal experiences will answer this question differently.

Moreover, because some people have condemned Telegram for being a drug market — this is nothing new to social media platforms. It is common place for many social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to find people advertising drug sales. The primary difference is Telegram is less likely to cooperate with western governments and Telegram does not fall within the reach of western governments. Meta (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) cooperates with law enforcement on both a local and federal level for nearly every single country on the planet.

We have no comment on the debate on E2E encryption. We use Signal. We'll let someone privy to privacy stuff to take that lead.

This is just our pseudo-educated (still ignorant) comment on a very complex problem which will continue to plague companies as things become more global.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Video of the inside of Cortex today, the giant new AI training supercluster being built at Tesla HQ in Austin to solve real-world AI

[John Hammond @_JohnHammond]

Threat actor USDoD and his farewell to fellow cybercriminals after his identity has been published on Doxbin.

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@elonmusk But yet you want to charge users, kudo's to U for being different but most can't afford that

[Space @redditSpaceView]

New Zealand seen from the International Space Station

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

not only gives stupid answer but limits replies to suggested questions which is not AI, it should think for it self and do its own actions not on suggestions

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

yep ai is just fucking stupid

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@auspost this happened at the wyong post office at 2:45pm - the staff there are just rude, smartass and unprofessional - the ombudsman will be notified of your pricing issues, also why is it that depending on which staff is working defines the price of my package or way its posted?

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@FOXTEL_Help @Foxtel The parental control was never entered to watch the PG show so i would assume it should not be showing my daughter somebody getting killed or trapped in a horrible situation. hopefully you can fix this, the problem is on the foxtel GO app on samsung tvs if it makes any difference

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@FOXTEL_Help @foxtel hi, i have parental control activated for anything above PG so my daughter can watch various family type shows with us on A&E 1/2

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@Vegemite publicly? no.

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@DevinStokes very common and fairly small count considering others

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@pluralsight thank you very much, all sorted and now subscribed to all them excellent skills!

[Lee Johnstone @83LeeJ]

@dez_blanchfield bag strap