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This was all released many years ago in the Vault 7 drop. What's new here?

greenavocado 9mo ago
They're reminding you that they own you.
pureagave 9mo ago
Release thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939422 Trial for leaker https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226066
bell-cot 9mo ago
Probably nothing. Think of it as a PSA being re-run every X days.
- jjtheblunt 9mo ago
  that's like the every 6 months proposed new revelation that everyone around cats is supposedly schizophrenic from toxoplasmosis gondii, which a day or two later is debunked. then "goto 10" and the cycle starts anew.
  - DANmode 9mo ago
    Wait, when (and how) did toxoplasmosis and bartonella amongst cat owners get debunked?
    - jjtheblunt 9mo ago
      i am glad you responded, because i just went looking anew and could not find it being debunked...and don't remember what i had seen last time around. evidently not debunked, as i just (first time in months) went re-reading CDC etc...but the punchlines i remembered from months ago include the only reservoir being cats, who clear the infections themselves, and healthy immune system humans generally have no symptoms. "Cats can only release the infectious oocytes for between one and three weeks after they become infected, after which they can no longer spread the parasites." what's interesting, and to your point, is the lack of insight as to why some people have side effects like bipolar and schizophrenia.
      - DANmode 9mo ago
        PSA: healthy immune system humans are vastly over counted.
        jjtheblunt 9mo ago
        yeah: a friend and i were talking about that the other day while dog pack walking...it's sad
Bender 9mo ago
Just a reminder they can car accident anyone anywhere from anywhere and having an old car will not save anyone when a Tesla with AI enabled cloud cameras is approaching head on.
DANmode 9mo ago
You mean for you, or the average reader saying “What’s a Vault 7 drop”?
- 47282847 9mo ago
  > Vault 7 is a series of documents that WikiLeaks began to publish on 7 March 2017, detailing the activities and capabilities of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The files, dating from 2013 to 2016, include details on the agency's software capabilities, such as the ability to compromise cars, smart TVs, web browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, the operating systems of most smartphones including Apple's iOS and Google's Android, and computer operating systems including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. > In July 2022, former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte was convicted of leaking the documents to WikiLeaks, and in February 2024 sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7

They're reminding you that they own you.

Release thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939422 Trial for leaker https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22226066

bell-cot 9mo ago

Probably nothing. Think of it as a PSA being re-run every X days.

jjtheblunt 9mo ago
that's like the every 6 months proposed new revelation that everyone around cats is supposedly schizophrenic from toxoplasmosis gondii, which a day or two later is debunked. then "goto 10" and the cycle starts anew.
- DANmode 9mo ago
  Wait, when (and how) did toxoplasmosis and bartonella amongst cat owners get debunked?
  - jjtheblunt 9mo ago
    i am glad you responded, because i just went looking anew and could not find it being debunked...and don't remember what i had seen last time around. evidently not debunked, as i just (first time in months) went re-reading CDC etc...but the punchlines i remembered from months ago include the only reservoir being cats, who clear the infections themselves, and healthy immune system humans generally have no symptoms. "Cats can only release the infectious oocytes for between one and three weeks after they become infected, after which they can no longer spread the parasites." what's interesting, and to your point, is the lack of insight as to why some people have side effects like bipolar and schizophrenia.
    - DANmode 9mo ago
      PSA: healthy immune system humans are vastly over counted.
      - jjtheblunt 9mo ago
        yeah: a friend and i were talking about that the other day while dog pack walking...it's sad

Bender 9mo ago

Just a reminder they can car accident anyone anywhere from anywhere and having an old car will not save anyone when a Tesla with AI enabled cloud cameras is approaching head on.

DANmode 9mo ago

You mean for you, or the average reader saying “What’s a Vault 7 drop”?

47282847 9mo ago
> Vault 7 is a series of documents that WikiLeaks began to publish on 7 March 2017, detailing the activities and capabilities of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The files, dating from 2013 to 2016, include details on the agency's software capabilities, such as the ability to compromise cars, smart TVs, web browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, the operating systems of most smartphones including Apple's iOS and Google's Android, and computer operating systems including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. > In July 2022, former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte was convicted of leaking the documents to WikiLeaks, and in February 2024 sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7