REMINDER, KIDZ! CULT OF THE DEAD COW recommends that you turn off the GPS/Location function on your phone whenever you're not actually using it. Bonus points for turning off Bluetooth and WiFi when you're not using them, too!

Dylan Shea is one of the kindest, smartest people I ever met in the hacker scene. After he moved from San Francisco, I got to spend time with his family when I would travel to the Boston area to record music. When I heard this news, I doubled over in shock. Join me in supporting his son’s memory.

www.schneier.com/blog/archive... This is worth your time.

gofund.me/ae3e52797 An old friend of the herd is going through something awful. If you're in a position to consider donating, we hope you will.

The herd knows .ooM

it's going to be like when we got rid of smoking in restaurants and on airplanes and within a matter of maybe a year everybody was like "we allowed WHAT?"

thehackernews.com/2025/09/how-... 2FA all the things, people. ALL THE THINGS.

CULT OF THE DEAD COW can neither confirm nor deny widespread media reports of the so-called President of the United States explicitly targeting cDc in his speech. The Herd Fears No Tiny-Handed and Orange Weirdass Senile Losers. Bow to the Cow, you decrepit little chumpstain, Bow to the Cow. .ooM

ICE needs to be stopped, but exposing them, and any businesses that enable/facilitate them, is a good step in the meantime.

If we’re unable to organize politically, freely contest political decisions, peacefully and democratically vie for power, then we no longer live in a democracy. At that point, we’re once again subjects. That’s why we’re fighting so hard for our rights in TX. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Don't let the hatemongering and violence that was Charlie Kirk's defining quality be forgotten. He was an evil person, and must not be whitewashed. Remember the things he actually called for.

www.wiz.io/blog/shai-hu... Ongoing and extremely messy.

www.bbc.com/news/article... Did this headline timetravel from 1983?

s/SOME/MOST

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-... THE BIGGEST NEWS SINCE CULT OF THE DEAD COW GAVE RONALD REAGAN ALZHEIMER'S

The cDc stands with the CDC, @altcdc.altgov.info, and all of our brave public servants as they stand up for science, democracy, and truth in the face of fascism!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwbz... HAPPY LABOR DAY, SKEETR0NZ!

cDc SUPPORTS STAFF AT OUR DIFFERENTLY CAPITALIZED ORGANIZATIONAL HOMONYM WHO ARE WALKING OUT IN RESPONSE TO FASCIST OVERREACH

Evergreen skeet.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... CULT OF THE DEAD COW IN THE NEWS

No chance in hell I'd let the CBP access my phone without a signed judicial warrant. This is a hill I am willing to go to jail on.

Thank you to everybody who showed up to WSIIA @defcon.bsky.social. Due to goblins in the wires, we went analog this year. No slides, just impromptu lightning talks. Congrats to @katheredcliff.bsky.social ,recipient of the @cultdeadcow.bsky.social helmet created by @medus4.com & a badge next year!

a life of ringing the right alarm bells makes the arm tired... but beefy :) keep ringing, ideologues of care 🐂🐄🤠✌️☮️🕊️ we need u 🙇‍♀️

IMPORTANT SCIENCE NEWS. (archive.is/yR5jk)

www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/a... IF ONLY SOMEONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS. FOR INSTANCE AN INTERNATIONAL HACKER COLLECTIVE/GNOSTIC RELIGION/SOCIAL PHENOMENON/BUNCH OF SMARTY WEIRDOS.

NEW: L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as Trump's team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Legally, it is definitely assault, however, for the record? It Is Always Morally Correct To Throw Sandwiches At The Secret Police. I hope this either doesn't make it to trial, or, if it does, the jury gives it exactly the respect it deserves, and nullfies it.

mastodon.online/@Pepijn/1150... This reminds me of "There's a horse in the Apple Store" viral post from a few years ago.

At the Howlin Wolf in New Orleans last night. Apparently Louisiana didn’t get the memo that they don’t matter in national politics. So they’re showing up, organizing and fighting these fascists with all they’ve got. Louisiana and Texas will have each other’s backs!

**CULT OF THE DEAD COW COMMUNIQUE - PRIORITY 00A1** THE HERD HATH CHOSEN ITS OWN - BE ALL AND SUNDRY AWARE: @biascilab.bsky.social now walks amongst us, the Elite of the Elite. Thus it has been spoken, thus it is done. BOW TO THE COW / WORD TO THE HERD **COMMUNIQUE ENDS**

I say again: This cyberpunk dystopia is so much lamer than what we were promised.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gs4... That time cDc's Patron Saint had a game.

arstechnica.com/security/202... In the words of the poet: "Social Engineering is always more efficient. Social Engineering will get you what you want."

Do not stay at a Hyatt hotel. They're running fake "smoking detectors" specifically as a revenue-generating scheme and arbitrarily fining guests $500. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19459...

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. Thank goodness we're not in a burgeoning police state! ...oh.

cDcDay Art For All The Good Boys & Girls & Others!

Truth. I was there!

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!!!1!! In honor of cDcDay 2025, let it be known that we have deposited a Big Box o' cDc Booty (not that kind, y'filthy bastards!)... somewhere. Where could it be? Who can say! Mebbe there'll be hints later, if we don't smoke too much nutmeg and forget. BOW TO THE COW.

HAPPY CULT OF THE DEAD COW DAY, SKEETR0NZ! Be Sure to hit-up your local 7/11 to collect the free slurpeez they're handing out to celebrate the birthday of cDc! Or, y'know, don't. We don't care. You do you, homeslice.

YOU BEST FUCKING BELIEVE IT. Fuck ICE.

K-RAD.

infotel.ca/newsitem/mam... IMPORTANT NEWS.

GOOD. Once again, the EU takes the lead in actually protecting consumers.

futurism.com/microsoft-bo... Pitchforks and torches.

BREAKING: codebreakers have finally solved the Zodiac’s final cypher. After years of studying and many (MANY) attempts, experts have agreed that the decoded message reflects Zodiac’s last will and testament. it reads: ANDREW CUOMO FOR NYC MAYOR 2025

Man, the wackadoodle zealotry and entitlement of AI Techdouches truly knows no bounds.

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There's no such thing as an entirely secure computer or network.