Micah Lee

@micahflee.com

31392 Followers 2015 Following

Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01

One person: anyone know anyone at anthropic? sales has been infuriatingly slow getting back to us about changing account tiers and it's becoming a business risk Another person: I know this guy Claude there, but he has not much sway
Kurt Vonnegut's asshole drawing
Stephen Miller as Gollum, with a fish in his mouse, sitting in the algea-filled Reflecting Pool in DC
“Rosenbaum would not weigh in on the accuracy of Pangram’s results. In fact, he didn’t want to talk about them at all. “I don’t participate in that conversation,” he said. “It’s like saying, do you beat your wife? It’s one of those accusations that there’s no response to.””
- Delete posts older than 30 days unless they have at least 20 likes or 20 reposts - Delete reposts older than 30 days - Delete likes older than 30 days - Delete chat messages older than 21 days
A quote from Privacy's Defender: "I'd later learn that it wasn't quite true that no one at EFF knew anything about the leaks. Micah Lee, who was one of EFF's technologists at the time and also served as the chief technology officer of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, had communicated with Snowden and helped to connect him with Laura. Micah had even helped Snowden try to build a website where he considered publishing a manifesto and a petition for supporters to sign. Micah did not tell me (or anyone else at EFF) about this until long afterward. As general counsel to EFF as well as lead counsel in the NSA cases, it was, to put it mildly, something I would have liked to have known. In the end Snowden decided against publishing the website, which was both the right decision and a great relief when Micah finally told me the whole story."
Headline: “Donald Trump on terrorists: ‘Take out their families’”
Screenshot of Cyd's new Facebook support
Screenshot of Cyd Mobile in action with options for what to delete
Photo of the print edition of The Onion
Barbie doll, holding a cigarette, with a coffee mug that says "GTFO", with her hands on her head. Caption: "We made it to February guys"
Elon Musk tweeting: "WhatsApp is not secure. Even Signal is questionable. Use X Chat."
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
“Hilter says ‘This is my business’: Sudeten Nazis Must Have Self-Determination” “Germany will give help if ‘torture’ does not cease” “‘We have made terrific sacrifices for peace’”
Screenshot of Cyd Mobile dashboard
A screenshot of Jake’s post with the label “Fringe Media & Disinfo”
Book cover for Escape From Incel Island! “Somebody’s about to get laid… to rest!”
Welcome email from The Onion: Welcome To The Onionati. Your Onion membership allows you to peel back the curtain and access stories that you always suspected to be true, but never had the proof. Now you do. For example: Does the 1% rule the world? Yes. Can you do anything about it? No. Will recycling help? Also no. Warning: the truths you will learn can make you seem unbalanced to the non-members but their opinions will no longer matter to you. Welcome to the Onionati.
chryon says: By winning, Democrats are actually losing
Screenshot of using claudito in a terminal
Comic strip about the bone farmer, by Matt Lubchansky from 2018. Extremely relevant to the Charlie Kirk murder.
Flyer for Italian dockworkers direct action. “If we lose contact with our boats, with our comrades, even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe.”
An armored US ICE agent with a subway sandwich getting thrown at him, and the words "DONT BREAD ON ME"
Photo of sticker wall with stickers for Cyd and Lockdown Systems, and “we are clean on OPSEC”
New York Times article with headline: “Mamdani’s Success Spotlights a Deepening Rupture Among U.S. Jews”
Trump’s post to Truth Social announcing the US attacked Iran
Executive Office of the President By the way, one of those OAuth2 validations is for an email address that has the domain who.eop.gov. The who part is "White House Office," and the eop part is "Executive Office of the President." I spent some time digging into this particular person based on his work phone number, work email address, and his name, all of which I found in this dataset. I haven't yet found anything egregious, but here are some of the interesting highlights: He's a member of the "POTUS | ROME-VATICAN | PRESS GC" Signal group. He's a young white conservative man. Last August, before Trump's inauguration, he posted on LinkedIn that he was starting a position at Donald J. Trump For President 2024, Inc. Also according to LinkedIn, he got his bachelor degree from the University of Alabama in 2024. I found him on Tinder, and it included his birthday. He was born in 2001, and today is his birthday! He just turned 24. Someone with his same username has logged 680 hours of Fortnite. His Venmo transactions are open, lol.
A screenshot of TeleMessage Explorer looking at Signal groups in the dataset. One of the groups is called: POTUS | ROME-VATICAN | PRESS GC
An email from Have I Been Pwned: "You (or possibly someone else), just subscribed micah@micahflee.com to the notification service that will automatically let you know if your address is caught up in a future data breach. It's a free service and you can unsubscribe at any time if you don't want the notifications."
Diagram that shows: - E2EE chat logs between TM SGNL and Signal - TM SGNL sends data to archive server using HTTPS API - Archive server sends data to destinations using SMTP, SFTP, or Microsoft 365
Meme with “MAGA” looking at “made in Israel Signal fork” thinking “is this end-to-end encryption?”
Screenshot of the 404 Media’s article, with Joseph Cox and Micah Lee having bylines together
One hacked message was sent to a group chat apparently associated with the crypto firm Galaxy Digital. One message said, “need 7 dems to get to 60.. would be very close” to the “GD Macro” group. Another message said, “Just spoke to a D staffer on the senate side - 2 cosponsors (Alsobrooks and gillibrand) did not sign the opposition letter so they think the bill still has a good chance of passage the senate with 5 more Ds supporting it.” This means a hacker was able to steal what appears to be active, timely discussion about the efforts behind passing a hugely important and controversial cryptocurrency bill; Saturday, Democratic lawmakers published a letter explaining they would oppose it. Bill cosponsors Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand did not sign that letter.
Screenshot of bug report called: The group chat includes people that were never invited
Photo of JD Vance shaking Pope Francis's hand on the "Vampiric Touch" Magic: The Gathering card, which deals 5 to 30 Necrotic damage
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut NASA’s science budget in half, eliminating future space telescope and other astrobiology projects. If that happens, Dr. Krissansen-Totton said, “the search for life elsewhere would basically stop.”
Photo of Bernie Sanders speaking
My sign says, “WE ARE CURRENTLY CLEAN ON OPSEC”
Picture of a metal urinal that looks surprisingly similar to a Cybertruck. Underneath it says: "2024 Tesla Cybertruck. $120,000"
Me holding a sign that says: Own a Tesla? How Embarrassing
People protesting Tesla
Me holding the sign at a Tesla Takedown protest, but with “embarrassing” spelled right
Sign that says: OWN A TESLA? HOW EMBARRASSING
Aragon: "You have my sword" Legolas: "And you have my bow" Gimli: "And my axe" Saruman: "Am I supposed to be in this group chat?"
Comic with people in two panels texting on their phones. Woman in panel: "You up?" Man in second panel: "We're bombing Yemen tomorrow"
Screenshot of an email from a person named Karen. Subject: Your [sic] planning domestic terrorism You all are planning domestic terrorism. I have reported you to the FBI. This domestic terrorism must stop. And this is why the Demoncrats will continue to lose forevermore. Karen REDACTED 206-REDACTED “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -George Orwell, 1984
Someone spray painting a penis on a Tesla Cybertruck. While the driver is in the car!
A Cybertruck with a piece of paper taped to it that says, “I would egg your car, but they’re too expensive”
Tesla stock in steep decline
Comic with Elon Musk and Santa Clause: Elon: "I've bought your ENTIRE operation" Santa: "wh-" Elon: "I fired the elves and the reindeer" Elon: "This is your new sleigh" (standing by a Cybertruck with rockets attached to it) (Elon is watching as Santa takes off and explored. Elon it typing on his phone) Tweet from Elon: "The Jews just killed Santa"
A chart of Tesla stock prices over 6 months, with the value today equaling the value on November 5
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a tweet with media, and a whole thread of tweets as replies
Video of a development version of Cyd where tweets are getting automatically migrated into Bluesky
Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left
Screenshot of Cyd app with instructions to login to Facebook to delete posts
'Throughout the entire meeting, Shedd painted a vision of the federal government where a small group of coders under his leadership would revolutionize the way government works. He said, for example, that he would need help creating “AI coding agents” that would write software across the entire federal government. He proposed creating a centralized database of contracts that could be “analyzed.”'
"Are you a current or former worker for 18F, TTS, the GSA, or a similar entity? We would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message Jason securely on Signal at +1 202 505 1702; Joseph on +44 20 8133 5190; and Emanuel on +1 609 678 3204."
For most of the last year, the price was a lot lower than it currently is now
Sign at grocery store that says, “Sorry, we are currently out of eggs”