@memeorandum@universeodon.com'We're at DEFCON 1': India, bruised by US tariffs, cozies up to Russia, China (Megan Messerly/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/04/were-at-defcon-1-india-bruised-by-u-s-tariffs-cozies-up-to-russia-china-00542765
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p68#a250904p68
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeHere's your annual warning to beware hanging out in person with Defcon attendees, because many of them have returned with asymptomatic COVID infections.
As in every year since 2021, Defcon is a super spreader event. Many COVID infections are NOT symptomatic: not showing symptoms does not guarantee not carrying the highly contagious virus.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioWhat @… said here, and so well said.
Note that deciding it’s the wrong time to rub somebody’s nose in how incredibly wrong they were doesn’t make them any less wrong. Listening is not the same thing as accepting. Sometimes it’s a moment to say “you dumbass,” and sometimes it’s a moment to say “And how did that work out for you?” The wise know the difference.
People who were taken in by the likes of these scammers •can• walk out of it in moments of cognitive dissonance — and if you’re in a position to do what Luna describes with someone you know, you might just change a life.
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115329960629783431
@compfu@mograph.socialI knew these systems but I didn't know how they worked. Until now:
https://social.afront.org/@MLE_online/115426247045556610
related DEFCON talk: