Brutkey

Doctor Who Minus Context
@nocontextwho@mastodon.social

#doctorwho

Fesshole 🧻
@fesshole@mastodon.social

Father of two daughters. Started sitting down to pee when they were toddlers so if they walked in they'd see how it was done. 10 years later still doing it; so much more comfortable; less drips and no mess. Men; ignore the propaganda, sit to pee.

BirdiBirdson
@birdibirdson@mastodon.gamedev.place

Happy winter festivities ☃️

#PixelArt #Art #MastoArt

sodiboo :pride_heart:
@sodiboo@gaysex.cloud

i am:
☐ man ☐ woman ☒ once again
seeking:
☐ man ☐ woman ☒ your financial support

aronowski
@aronowski@furry.engineer

Wishing every creature attending #39c3 a safe trip and a great time.

Tanja :spinny_cat_lesbian: 🕊️🕯️
@tanja@mastodon.catgirl.cloud

【#39c3 Meowing session】


Yayyyyyy :3



https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/meowing-session

Brian Greenberg :verified:
@brian_greenberg@infosec.exchange

This Gmail hack is unsettling not because it’s flashy, but because it’s bureaucratic. Attackers aren’t breaking encryption or outsmarting algorithms. They’re filling out forms. By changing an account’s age and abusing Google’s Family Link feature, they can quietly reclassify an adult user as a “child” and assume parental control. At that point, the rightful owner isn’t hacked so much as administratively erased.

The clever part is that everything happens inside legitimate features. Passwords are changed. Two-factor settings are altered. Recovery options are overwritten. And when the user tries to get back in, Google’s automated systems see a supervised child account and do exactly what they were designed to do: say no.

Google says it’s looking into the issue, which suggests this wasn’t how the system was supposed to work. But it’s a reminder of an old lesson. Security failures often happen when protective mechanisms are combined in ways no one quite imagined. The tools aren’t broken. The assumptions are.

There’s no dramatic fix here, only mildly annoying advice that suddenly feels urgent. Review recovery settings. Lock down account changes. Use passkeys. Because once an attacker controls the recovery layer, proving you’re you can become surprisingly difficult.

TL;DR
🧠 Family safety tools are being weaponized
⚡ Account recovery can be shut down entirely
🎓 Legitimate features enable the lockout
🔍 Prevention matters more than appeals

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/12/07/google-looking-into-gmail-hack-locking-users-out-with-no-recovery

#Cybersecurity #Gmail #IdentitySecurity #AccountRecovery #DigitalRisk #security #privacy #cloud #infosec

Foone🏳️‍⚧️
@foone@digipres.club

speaking as someone who has professional produced PDF files for the US government:

AHAHAHA YOU ACTUALLY MADE THE MOST INFAMOUS PDF ERROR AND REDACTED BY OVERLAYING BLACK RECTANGLES?

and now the redacted text is recoverable. hilarious

Sylvia Ritter
@sylvia_ritter@mastodon.social

Listening to the Galaxy's Story.
Advent Calendar - Door 23. 💫 🕊️.

#art #mastoart #speedpaint #fediart #scifi #fantasy #harbor #krita