THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,Claude Code just found 63 traces of me on the internet. 17 of them I’d completely forgotten.
I built a small tool with Opus 5.5 to see how much of me is out there. I pointed it at myself, nobody else.
I gave it my email, my old usernames, and a few of my own photos. It ran for 11 minutes.
Then the report:
→ 63 results
→ 22 accounts I use every day
→ 17 accounts I forgot existed
→ 9 copies of my photos on sites I never posted to
→ my email in 4 data leaks
→ my old password in 2 of them, still working on 1 account
Then I saw result #38.
A profile on a forum from 2016. My real first name. My old username, the same one I still use on Instagram. A photo I’d posted when I was 17.
I never deleted it. I just stopped logging in. The site never stopped existing.
Anyone who knew that one username could have found my whole trail in minutes. A stranger. A future employer. Anyone.
So I spent the evening cleaning up:
→ reset the password that still worked
→ deleted the forgotten accounts
→ sent removal requests to 3 sites hosting my photos
→ set up a password manager so every account has its own password
Your 10-minute check tonight:
→ search your own email on Have I Been Pwned
→ run your own profile photo through Google Lens or TinEye
→ search your most-used username in quotes
→ check “Sign in with Google/Apple” for apps you forgot about
https://t.co/gvmRuqdluh
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,Claude Code just found 63 traces of me on the internet. 17 of them I’d completely forgotten.
I built a small tool with Opus 5.5 to see how much of me is out there. I pointed it at myself, nobody else.
I gave it my email, my old usernames, and a few of my own photos. It ran for 11 minutes.
Then the report:
→ 63 results
→ 22 accounts I use every day
→ 17 accounts I forgot existed
→ 9 copies of my photos on sites I never posted to
→ my email in 4 data leaks
→ my old password in 2 of them, still working on 1 account
Then I saw result #38.
A profile on a forum from 2016. My real first name. My old username, the same one I still use on Instagram. A photo I’d posted when I was 17.
I never deleted it. I just stopped logging in. The site never stopped existing.
Anyone who knew that one username could have found my whole trail in minutes. A stranger. A future employer. Anyone.
So I spent the evening cleaning up:
→ reset the password that still worked
→ deleted the forgotten accounts
→ sent removal requests to 3 sites hosting my photos
→ set up a password manager so every account has its own password
Your 10-minute check tonight:
→ search your own email on Have I Been Pwned
→ run your own profile photo through Google Lens or TinEye
→ search your most-used username in quotes
→ check “Sign in with Google/Apple” for apps you forgot about
https://t.co/gvmRuqdluh
BREAKING: Claude Code found 12,847 photos of my face on my iPhone that I never took.
It looked like the phone was taking them every time I picked it up. At the club. At home. At a red light while I was driving. Almost every time I took the phone in my hands, there was a frame.
They were sitting in a system cache with timestamps and location data. None of them were in Photos.
I plugged the phone into my MacBook and asked Claude Code to scan for any front-camera files that weren't in my Photos library or Recently Deleted.
It flagged a folder: https://t.co/BtjT3stjYW.faceid. Over 12,000 files. A mix of infrared frames and regular front-camera images. Each one had a timestamp and GPS coordinates attached.
I started scrolling. Most were from the last 14 months. Then I saw one from four seconds ago.
I was still looking at the folder.
Apple says the TrueDepth system turns the capture into a mathematical model inside the Secure Enclave and discards the image. On this phone, the raw frames were still there.
Several processes that wrote to the folder belonged to system diagnostics. A couple of old apps with camera permission had access to the same directory.
I turned off diagnostics sharing and revoked camera access from every app that didn't need it.
The newest file was still there. Timestamp: 13:48.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
I haven't picked up the phone since.
BREAKING: Claude Code found 12,847 photos of my face on my iPhone that I never took.
It looked like the phone was taking them every time I picked it up. At the club. At home. At a red light while I was driving. Almost every time I took the phone in my hands, there was a frame.
They were sitting in a system cache with timestamps and location data. None of them were in Photos.
I plugged the phone into my MacBook and asked Claude Code to scan for any front-camera files that weren't in my Photos library or Recently Deleted.
It flagged a folder: https://t.co/BtjT3stjYW.faceid. Over 12,000 files. A mix of infrared frames and regular front-camera images. Each one had a timestamp and GPS coordinates attached.
I started scrolling. Most were from the last 14 months. Then I saw one from four seconds ago.
I was still looking at the folder.
Apple says the TrueDepth system turns the capture into a mathematical model inside the Secure Enclave and discards the image. On this phone, the raw frames were still there.
Several processes that wrote to the folder belonged to system diagnostics. A couple of old apps with camera permission had access to the same directory.
I turned off diagnostics sharing and revoked camera access from every app that didn't need it.
The newest file was still there. Timestamp: 13:48.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
I haven't picked up the phone since.
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,Claude Code + REA dug up 5,207 photos I "permanently deleted" years ago. They never left my laptop.
It started with a normal iPhone backup. While it ran, I asked Claude Code to look around my laptop for anything risky.
It came back with a folder I didn't know existed: MobileSync\Backup. Windows hides it by default.
3 old backups were sitting inside, one from each of my last 3 iPhones. The oldest is from 2020. None of them had a password. 152 GB in total.
iCloud Photos was always off for me, so each backup is a full copy of my camera roll on that day, plus the photos from my iMessage and WhatsApp chats.
You can't just open it. 196,530 files, random names, no extensions.
Claude found the backup's index file, turned every random name back into a real photo, then checked the old backups against the new one.
5,207 photos. Gone from my phone. Still on my laptop.
I didn't want any of it in the cloud, so Claude wrote a small script that reads the text on each photo locally and gives me only the file names that hit.
The hits:
→ my passport, shot for a visa form in 2023 → bank app screenshots with my full card number → my ID, photographed "just to remember the number" → 12 words from the crypto seed list, my real wallet
And that's still not the worst part.
An unencrypted backup is just a folder. Any program on the laptop can read it. No password, no warning.
So Claude listed every program I hadn't opened in about 6 months: 2 "PC cleaners", a free PDF converter, an old VPN, and a game launcher I don't remember installing.
REA opened all 5. Inside one of the cleaners was the word MobileSync.
Process Monitor showed the rest: that cleaner walks into the backup folder every single time it starts.
A program I forgot about could read my passport, my card, and my seed phrase for 2 years.
Check yours right now: Apple Devices app → your iPhone → Manage Backups. On old iTunes: Edit → Preferences → Devices.
The full check is 1 prompt. It finds every backup, counts what's inside, and shows which programs can reach it. Not a single photo leaves your laptop.
Pinning it on my profile later today.
Save this so you don't lose it.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,Claude Code + REA dug up 5,207 photos I "permanently deleted" years ago. They never left my laptop.
It started with a normal iPhone backup. While it ran, I asked Claude Code to look around my laptop for anything risky.
It came back with a folder I didn't know existed: MobileSync\Backup. Windows hides it by default.
3 old backups were sitting inside, one from each of my last 3 iPhones. The oldest is from 2020. None of them had a password. 152 GB in total.
iCloud Photos was always off for me, so each backup is a full copy of my camera roll on that day, plus the photos from my iMessage and WhatsApp chats.
You can't just open it. 196,530 files, random names, no extensions.
Claude found the backup's index file, turned every random name back into a real photo, then checked the old backups against the new one.
5,207 photos. Gone from my phone. Still on my laptop.
I didn't want any of it in the cloud, so Claude wrote a small script that reads the text on each photo locally and gives me only the file names that hit.
The hits:
→ my passport, shot for a visa form in 2023 → bank app screenshots with my full card number → my ID, photographed "just to remember the number" → 12 words from the crypto seed list, my real wallet
And that's still not the worst part.
An unencrypted backup is just a folder. Any program on the laptop can read it. No password, no warning.
So Claude listed every program I hadn't opened in about 6 months: 2 "PC cleaners", a free PDF converter, an old VPN, and a game launcher I don't remember installing.
REA opened all 5. Inside one of the cleaners was the word MobileSync.
Process Monitor showed the rest: that cleaner walks into the backup folder every single time it starts.
A program I forgot about could read my passport, my card, and my seed phrase for 2 years.
Check yours right now: Apple Devices app → your iPhone → Manage Backups. On old iTunes: Edit → Preferences → Devices.
The full check is 1 prompt. It finds every backup, counts what's inside, and shows which programs can reach it. Not a single photo leaves your laptop.
Pinning it on my profile later today.
Save this so you don't lose it.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
I let Claude Code tear apart my Wi-Fi router. What it found is genuinely unsettling.
My internet provider can see every site I look up, and it can change my router settings without asking me.
What Claude found:
• a log of 29 devices that ever connected to my Wi-Fi, with a record of when new ones join • a remote management channel my provider can use any time, and I can't turn it off • every DNS lookup sent through my provider in plain text • my provider's app on my TV box kept sending data even when the TV was off • and a lot more
This isn't only my router. Probably yours too.
Here's how to fix yours:
1Install the repo below (it also improves Wi-Fi speed) and send Claude Code a photo of your router
2Change the admin password. The one on the sticker is not a password, it's a default
3Turn on encrypted DNS so your provider stops seeing your lookups
4Turn on Private Wi-Fi Address so your phone stops showing its real hardware ID to every network
5Add _nomap to the end of your Wi-Fi name so Google and Apple stop putting your router on their location maps
Do it today. Then read the article below to learn how to find the same kind of problems in other devices.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
I let Claude Code tear apart my Wi-Fi router. What it found is genuinely unsettling.
My internet provider can see every site I look up, and it can change my router settings without asking me.
What Claude found:
• a log of 29 devices that ever connected to my Wi-Fi, with a record of when new ones join • a remote management channel my provider can use any time, and I can't turn it off • every DNS lookup sent through my provider in plain text • my provider's app on my TV box kept sending data even when the TV was off • and a lot more
This isn't only my router. Probably yours too.
Here's how to fix yours:
1Install the repo below (it also improves Wi-Fi speed) and send Claude Code a photo of your router
2Change the admin password. The one on the sticker is not a password, it's a default
3Turn on encrypted DNS so your provider stops seeing your lookups
4Turn on Private Wi-Fi Address so your phone stops showing its real hardware ID to every network
5Add _nomap to the end of your Wi-Fi name so Google and Apple stop putting your router on their location maps
Do it today. Then read the article below to learn how to find the same kind of problems in other devices.
https://t.co/uOGuS9VzO5
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,сlaude caught a hidden spy app on my sister’s phone in 2 minutes. It had been stealing her photos for over a month.
She’s 22. Her Xiaomi was burning hot every night. Her 15 GB data plan was gone in 6 days.
She figured the battery was dying.
I connected the phone to my laptop, enabled USB debugging and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
What it found:
→ 187 installed apps
→ 183 completely normal
→ 3 forgotten apps still tracking her location
→ 1 app called “Device Service”, with no icon and hidden from the app drawer
That one app had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read everything on her screen
→ access to all her photos and files
→ mic, location and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so “Uninstall” was greyed out
→ 2.4 GB uploaded in 5 days, mostly between midnight and 4am
Then I asked Opus to take it apart.
Four minutes of reverse engineering later:
→ every new photo was copied out within 2 minutes
→ her whole gallery, 1,847 photos, was already gone
→ a keylogger recorded everything she typed
→ a screenshot was taken whenever she opened Instagram or her banking app
→ her GPS was logged every 10 minutes
Everything was packed and sent to one server, 6 times an hour.
412 screenshots and 63 new photos were still waiting in the upload queue.
It never came from the Play Store. Someone installed it by hand 33 days ago.
We still don’t know who.
We saved the evidence, removed the app, changed 11 passwords and turned on 2FA everywhere.
Her phone stopped overheating that same night.
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,сlaude caught a hidden spy app on my sister’s phone in 2 minutes. It had been stealing her photos for over a month.
She’s 22. Her Xiaomi was burning hot every night. Her 15 GB data plan was gone in 6 days.
She figured the battery was dying.
I connected the phone to my laptop, enabled USB debugging and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
What it found:
→ 187 installed apps
→ 183 completely normal
→ 3 forgotten apps still tracking her location
→ 1 app called “Device Service”, with no icon and hidden from the app drawer
That one app had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read everything on her screen
→ access to all her photos and files
→ mic, location and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so “Uninstall” was greyed out
→ 2.4 GB uploaded in 5 days, mostly between midnight and 4am
Then I asked Opus to take it apart.
Four minutes of reverse engineering later:
→ every new photo was copied out within 2 minutes
→ her whole gallery, 1,847 photos, was already gone
→ a keylogger recorded everything she typed
→ a screenshot was taken whenever she opened Instagram or her banking app
→ her GPS was logged every 10 minutes
Everything was packed and sent to one server, 6 times an hour.
412 screenshots and 63 new photos were still waiting in the upload queue.
It never came from the Play Store. Someone installed it by hand 33 days ago.
We still don’t know who.
We saved the evidence, removed the app, changed 11 passwords and turned on 2FA everywhere.
Her phone stopped overheating that same night.
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
Claude Code just found 3,100 of my sister’s photos on a stranger’s server.
The app sending them was pretending to be part of her phone…
She’s 21. Her Xiaomi was dead by noon every day and hot in her bag. Her 30 GB data plan was gone in 12 days.
She thought her phone was just old.
I plugged it into my laptop, turned on USB debugging, and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
2 minutes later:
→ 168 apps installed
→ 164 normal
→ 3 old apps still pulling her location
→ 1 app called “Wi-Fi Service” with no icon, hidden from the app drawer
“Wi-Fi Service” had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read every screen she opened
→ access to all photos and files
→ mic, location, and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so the “Uninstall” button was greyed out
→ 2.4 GB uploaded in the last 10 days, most of it between 2am and 4am
So I asked Opus to pull the app apart.
It reverse engineered the APK in 5 minutes. Inside:
→ every new photo copied and sent within 45 seconds
→ her full gallery already gone: 3,148 photos
→ a keylogger saving every word she typed
→ a screenshot every time she opened Telegram or her banking app
→ her GPS logged every 10 minutes
All of it was zipped and sent to 1 server, 6 times an hour.
412 screenshots and 126 new photos were still in the upload queue.
It wasn’t from the Play Store. Someone installed it by hand, 27 days ago.
She has no idea who.
We backed up the evidence, removed it, changed 9 passwords, and turned on 2FA everywhere. Her phone stopped overheating the same night...
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
Claude Code just found 3,100 of my sister’s photos on a stranger’s server.
The app sending them was pretending to be part of her phone…
She’s 21. Her Xiaomi was dead by noon every day and hot in her bag. Her 30 GB data plan was gone in 12 days.
She thought her phone was just old.
I plugged it into my laptop, turned on USB debugging, and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
2 minutes later:
→ 168 apps installed
→ 164 normal
→ 3 old apps still pulling her location
→ 1 app called “Wi-Fi Service” with no icon, hidden from the app drawer
“Wi-Fi Service” had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read every screen she opened
→ access to all photos and files
→ mic, location, and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so the “Uninstall” button was greyed out
→ 2.4 GB uploaded in the last 10 days, most of it between 2am and 4am
So I asked Opus to pull the app apart.
It reverse engineered the APK in 5 minutes. Inside:
→ every new photo copied and sent within 45 seconds
→ her full gallery already gone: 3,148 photos
→ a keylogger saving every word she typed
→ a screenshot every time she opened Telegram or her banking app
→ her GPS logged every 10 minutes
All of it was zipped and sent to 1 server, 6 times an hour.
412 screenshots and 126 new photos were still in the upload queue.
It wasn’t from the Play Store. Someone installed it by hand, 27 days ago.
She has no idea who.
We backed up the evidence, removed it, changed 9 passwords, and turned on 2FA everywhere. Her phone stopped overheating the same night...
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,claude Code just found spyware on my 19-year-old sister’s iPhone.
It was hiding as a system app called “Device Health” and sending her entire camera roll to a server.
Her phone was dead by 2pm. It was warm in her pocket with the screen off. She thought it was just old.
I plugged it into my laptop, opened a terminal, and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
2 minutes later:
→ 63 processes running
→ 60 normal
→ 2 old games still pulling her location
→ 1 app called “Device Health” with no icon on the home screen
“Device Health” had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read everything on her screen
→ access to all her photos and files
→ mic, location, and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so she couldn’t delete it
→ an upload every 15 minutes, even at 3am
So I asked Opus to pull the app apart.
It decompiled it down to the code in 4 minutes. Inside:
→ every new photo she took was copied and uploaded within 60 seconds
→ her whole gallery had already been sent: 2,300+ photos
→ a keylogger catching every word she typed
→ screenshots every time she opened Instagram or her bank app
→ her GPS logged every 5 minutes
All of it was zipped and sent to one server, 3 times an hour.
847 screenshots and 112 new photos were still waiting in the upload queue.
It wasn’t a system app. Someone installed it by hand.
She has no idea who, or when.
We wiped it, changed every password, and turned on 2FA. Her battery went from dead at 2pm to 40% at 10pm.
Your 3-minute check tonight:
→ battery: anything draining with the screen off is suspect
→ photos access: only your camera and gallery apps need “all photos”
→ accessibility: if you don’t know why an app is there, it shouldn’t be
→ device admin: only “Find My Device” belongs on that list
→ nameless apps: no icon + “system”, “health” or “sync” in the name = check it
Found one? Don’t delete it on the spot. Screenshot everything, then remove it and change your passwords from a different device.
Save this post and check your phone tonight. Then check your family’s.
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
THIS IS F*CKING INSANE,claude Code just found spyware on my 19-year-old sister’s iPhone.
It was hiding as a system app called “Device Health” and sending her entire camera roll to a server.
Her phone was dead by 2pm. It was warm in her pocket with the screen off. She thought it was just old.
I plugged it into my laptop, opened a terminal, and gave Claude Opus 5.5 one prompt.
2 minutes later:
→ 63 processes running
→ 60 normal
→ 2 old games still pulling her location
→ 1 app called “Device Health” with no icon on the home screen
“Device Health” had:
→ accessibility access, so it could read everything on her screen
→ access to all her photos and files
→ mic, location, and every SMS
→ device admin rights, so she couldn’t delete it
→ an upload every 15 minutes, even at 3am
So I asked Opus to pull the app apart.
It decompiled it down to the code in 4 minutes. Inside:
→ every new photo she took was copied and uploaded within 60 seconds
→ her whole gallery had already been sent: 2,300+ photos
→ a keylogger catching every word she typed
→ screenshots every time she opened Instagram or her bank app
→ her GPS logged every 5 minutes
All of it was zipped and sent to one server, 3 times an hour.
847 screenshots and 112 new photos were still waiting in the upload queue.
It wasn’t a system app. Someone installed it by hand.
She has no idea who, or when.
We wiped it, changed every password, and turned on 2FA. Her battery went from dead at 2pm to 40% at 10pm.
Your 3-minute check tonight:
→ battery: anything draining with the screen off is suspect
→ photos access: only your camera and gallery apps need “all photos”
→ accessibility: if you don’t know why an app is there, it shouldn’t be
→ device admin: only “Find My Device” belongs on that list
→ nameless apps: no icon + “system”, “health” or “sync” in the name = check it
Found one? Don’t delete it on the spot. Screenshot everything, then remove it and change your passwords from a different device.
Save this post and check your phone tonight. Then check your family’s.
https://t.co/gvmRuqcNEJ
this is actually insane..
i gave 5 ai agents $25 and one mission: build a business that makes money while i sleep.
no employees. no cofounders. no coding experience needed.
just 5 agents working like a real startup.
- claude — the CEO. picks the strategy and breaks it into tasks.
- grok — hunts for problems people are already paying to solve.
- GPT — researches competitors and finds gaps in the market.
- jev — builds the product, website and payment system.
- obsidian — remembers everything and makes sure we never repeat mistakes.
the rules:
$25 budget.
24 hours.
zero human intervention unless absolutely necessary.
here's what happened:
08:00 — grok finds 200+ people complaining about the same problem on X.
09:15 — GPT analyzes competitors and discovers they're charging $30-$100/month for solutions people hate using.
10:40 — claude picks one tiny problem that can be solved with a simple tool.
12:30 — jev builds the MVP and launches the landing page.
15:00 — grok starts distributing personalized demos to potential customers.
18:45 — first users arrive.
22:00 — obsidian compiles the results, tracks conversion rates and identifies what needs fixing.
the numbers:
total budget: $25
tools built: 1
employees: 0
hours of human work: almost zero
but here's the part nobody talks about:
the first version barely worked.
the landing page converted terribly.
half the outreach messages got ignored.
the original idea needed to be changed twice.
the difference?
the agents didn't quit.
they analyzed the failures, changed the approach and kept going.
people keep asking whether AI will replace entrepreneurs.
wrong question.
the real question is:
what happens when one person can run an entire company with a team of agents that never sleep?
we're not there yet.
but we're getting uncomfortably close.
this is actually insane..
i gave 5 ai agents $25 and one mission: build a business that makes money while i sleep.
no employees. no cofounders. no coding experience needed.
just 5 agents working like a real startup.
- claude — the CEO. picks the strategy and breaks it into tasks.
- grok — hunts for problems people are already paying to solve.
- GPT — researches competitors and finds gaps in the market.
- jev — builds the product, website and payment system.
- obsidian — remembers everything and makes sure we never repeat mistakes.
the rules:
$25 budget.
24 hours.
zero human intervention unless absolutely necessary.
here's what happened:
08:00 — grok finds 200+ people complaining about the same problem on X.
09:15 — GPT analyzes competitors and discovers they're charging $30-$100/month for solutions people hate using.
10:40 — claude picks one tiny problem that can be solved with a simple tool.
12:30 — jev builds the MVP and launches the landing page.
15:00 — grok starts distributing personalized demos to potential customers.
18:45 — first users arrive.
22:00 — obsidian compiles the results, tracks conversion rates and identifies what needs fixing.
the numbers:
total budget: $25
tools built: 1
employees: 0
hours of human work: almost zero
but here's the part nobody talks about:
the first version barely worked.
the landing page converted terribly.
half the outreach messages got ignored.
the original idea needed to be changed twice.
the difference?
the agents didn't quit.
they analyzed the failures, changed the approach and kept going.
people keep asking whether AI will replace entrepreneurs.
wrong question.
the real question is:
what happens when one person can run an entire company with a team of agents that never sleep?
we're not there yet.
but we're getting uncomfortably close.
We’re opening a research preview of Claude Duet, a new app where Claude works as a proactive agent.
It comes to you with what needs your attention, completes tasks you ask of it, keeps working when you step away, and checks with you before it acts on your behalf.
Making a watermelon: $4.50. Letting me slice it: another $7.98.
I asked Claude Opus 5.5 to add a knife to my jelly watermelon. Now I can cut it into pieces, and every piece keeps wobbling, stretching, and bouncing right in the browser.
Estimated API cost: $4.50 for the watermelon + $7.98 for the knife and slicing = $12.48
Making a watermelon: $4.50. Letting me slice it: another $7.98.
I asked Claude Opus 5.5 to add a knife to my jelly watermelon. Now I can cut it into pieces, and every piece keeps wobbling, stretching, and bouncing right in the browser.
Estimated API cost: $4.50 for the watermelon + $7.98 for the knife and slicing = $12.48