> Peter Stokes
> Scattered Spider guy
> Arrested
> Microsoft helps FBI
> Read court documents
> Page 12
> Microsoft tracks Stokes from GDID
> Microsoft Global Device Identifier (GDID)
> Stokes used Windows
> Page 34
> GDID assigned to each OS install
> GDID unique to each device
> GDID only change if OS wiped
> Stokes GDID 6755467234350028
> GDID reported internet activity to Microsoft
> GDID showed Stokes using Ngrok
> GDID reported Stokes IP address
> GDID showed Stokes web activity
> GDID showed timestamps of web activity
> GDID mapped with video game activity
> GDID showed games played
> GDID undocumented
> GDID only mentioned in one MSDN document
> Azure UCDOStatus
> Azure Monitor Logging

Imagine how transparent are you when you're actually logged into your OS vendor account.

OmniVision no longer sells any 1/1.55" mobile sensor that wouldn't offer DCG. It'll take time before all the spare module stock runs out, but it's quite interesting to think about.

Since a month at the earliest, Facebook's tagline on Google Play says "hacked" and no one did anything about it

https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Google-PC-based-automatic-backup-solution-for-Android-devices.jpg

Of course it requires a Google account, it's unthinkable otherwise

Since even the zombiest of zombies already know, it's time to stop gatekeeping.

Do you want to freeze your device and feel good about it because that means a vulnerability you're hopeful about actually does something?

Install https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla/firefox/firefox-fast-private-browser-151-0-release/firefox-fast-private-browser-151-0-4-android-apk-download/
Go to https://rootme.nebusec.ai/

Enjoy???


Yes, I'm not responsible for any potential negative consequences for trying it out.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gaarTuhN2FU

They weren't shy even about showing a bit of provisioning, it's the exact kind of "how B brand phones are made" video that you'd want to see, but wouldn't expect to.

Does Vivo (and not just them) really think that people are buying compact devices in 2026 because they're cheaper and not because of size? X300 FE is missing both stacked and full res raws in its stock camera. Can X300 and X300 FE buyers really be convinced "I should buy an Ultra next time" because of few unadvertised differences?

https://github.com/x-spy/CVE-2026-43499-popsicle

https://github.com/Linuxoid-cn/Mi8E5-Unlocker-by-CVE-2026-43499

Freshly manufactured/updated Mi 17 series buyable again for a while.

https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/07/Pixel-11-Glow-teaser.mp4

Here's your notification LED, on the back, likely unable to function as one on stock, but certainly pulsating in a cool way to the voice of Gemini.

https://fxtwitter.com/NexToWeb/status/2078339101435072847

Ain't an animation if it doesn't make you automatically fall from a bike

LLM as a translator sounds cool, until white knights come in.

OPlus is killing OP's global market presence with so much dedication that they're going out of their way to presumably prevent even the import of Chinese units. They want it gone off the global market, you must all buy Oppo now in their mind.