James Matchett 🔜 bsky

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

A bit of news, I’m making the big leap from Belfast to London

Really grateful for all the friends, family, cyber geeks and my work for supporting me ❤️

If you’re devastated by the thought of me not being around, you’ve not gotten away that easily, I’m back once a month! 😁

[valc @valc]

@JMMatchett @British_Airways BA responded to my claim with "the aircraft...had to divert to London Stansted Airport due to wind conditions at London City Airport ... you’re not eligible for compensation". Where did you get the information about the flight to Nice with the same aircraft?

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@valc @British_Airways @valc
You will want to look at flight radar information on the 30/03/2026 for G-LCYV (the aircraft at gate ready to service a flight to Belfast) and G-LCYR which diverted due to wind shear incoming to LCY and was due to fly to Nice

BA CHOSE to reposition and cancel to Belfast

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

Really nice of @British_Airways to cancel my flight to Belfast so they can instead put on a better paying flight to Nice with the same aircraft

Looks like I’m in the airport for another 6 hours

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@valc @British_Airways Same boat but still arguing, it will most likely go to a CEDR claim which I have evidence for

Despite it being purely operational decision by @British_Airways to cancel one flight with a fully functional aircraft at gate in place of another flight they wished to service instead

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@vxunderground @dez_ @feross @ramimacisabird @_JohnHammond 🫡

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@British_Airways I’m 8 hours into a 1 hour flight and haven’t taken off yet

I’m yet to receive an adequate response via DMs

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@vxgiveaways @vxunderground Yes please I love vouchers :))

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@vxunderground The first question is who could afford that, second question is who has data they’d value at that amount

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. Companies designed tracking systems that exploited Android's localhost socket permissions to create covert communication channels between websites and native mobile apps, bypassing Android's app sandboxing protections. Android allows any app with internet permission to listen on localhost ports without user consent, and web browsers can access these localhost interfaces. When users visit websites containing Meta Pixel or Yandex Metrica scripts, the JavaScript tracking code sends data directly to specific localhost ports (Meta uses UDP ports 12580-12585 via WebRTC, Yandex uses TCP ports 29009-30103 via HTTP). Facebook, Instagram, and Yandex apps run background services that actively listen on these predetermined ports to receive tracking data, then link this anonymous web activity to authenticated user accounts and transmit the combined data to company servers.

This technique affects billions of Android users and renders privacy protections like incognito mode, VPNs, and cookie clearing completely ineffective. Meta Pixel attempted localhost communications on over 17,000 of the top 100,000 websites, with 78% doing so without user consent. The method allows comprehensive profile building linking anonymous browsing to real identities, tracking everything from shopping to sensitive site visits. It also creates vulnerabilities where malicious apps could eavesdrop on browsing history by listening on the same localhost ports.

This surveillance operated without disclosure. Following public disclosure, Meta immediately ceased the practice and removed related code while browser vendors scrambled to implement protections.

The practice violates multiple GDPR and ePrivacy principles. The technique transforms supposedly anonymous first-party cookies into cross-site tracking identifiers without explicit consent, violating ePrivacy Directive requirements for cookie consent and GDPR's lawful basis for processing. By secretly linking web browsing to app-based identities, it constitutes undisclosed profiling that undermines user expectations and data minimization principles. This is a material for max #GDPR fine. https://t.co/ktHWwllWr4

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@GettinsMathew @BSidesDublin None yet I’m afraid!

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

Anyone in the infosec sphere potentially selling a ticket for @BSidesDublin

May procrastination has once again come to bite me 😁😁

Thanks all!

[Irish Video Game Orchestra ➡️Bluesky🦋 @IVGOrch]

Our fundraising quiz is proving to be popular! Thanks to everyone who came along - we had to find more chairs!

Huge thanks to @larianstudios for gifting us keys to @baldursgate3 for our raffle! Also to @comicbookguysni and @replaybangor - thank you 🎮♥️

#IVGO #vgm #gaming

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@vxunderground

[Cloudsmith @cloudsmith]

Meet the new team.

We’re delighted to welcome three new leaders to scale and solidify our support for the enterprise market.

Welcome to the team!

#SoftwareSupplyChain #ArtifactManagement #DevOps

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@vxunderground TLDR; malware on big screen good! 👍

Malware on tiny screen in short form content bad 👎

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@lukOlejnik Fascinated to find out more about the error rates of photon reads and average time for key derivation over such a long distance

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Poland now has the largest quantum key distribution network in Europe, and second after China. Pionier-Q – 1 770 km.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

London. A meaningful and warm meeting with Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer.

During our talks, we discussed the challenges facing Ukraine and all of Europe, coordination with partners, concrete steps to strengthen Ukraine’s position, and ending the war with a just peace, along with robust security guarantees.

A principled statement of support from the Prime Minister and an important decision: today, in our presence, Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed a Loan Agreement. This loan will enhance Ukraine’s defense capabilities and will be repaid using revenues from frozen Russian assets. The funds will be directed toward weapons production in Ukraine. This is true justice – the one who started the war must be the one to pay.

I thank the people and government of the United Kingdom for their tremendous support from the very beginning of this war. We are happy to have such strategic partners and to share the same vision of what a secure future should look like for all.

🇺🇦🇬🇧

[James Matchett 🔜 bsky @JMMatchett]

@h4x0r_dz You could say safe has kicked the bucket

[Belfast City Council @belfastcc]

City Hall will be illuminated in blue & yellow this evening to show solidarity & support for Ukraine on the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.

#BelfastLightsAtNight