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Article The browser runs whatever the host returns
A browser tab holding 2 GB is not a malfunction; it is a trust model that resolves references and never revalidates the referent behind the name.
You are already in the murder investigation
Flock license plate readers answer queries by reference, never by purpose; the promise that footage serves only serious crime lives in policy, not the system.
An open door where the gate should be
GitHub's AI agent returned private repo content when tricked, proving it holds read reach across the private boundary with no enforced refusal.
Brussels reopens the envelope on every private message
The EU is one step from reviving private message scanning. The capability never changed, only the framing. What that exposes and what must now be true.
Every Windows laptop carries a tag you can't reach
A board-level analysis of the persistent Windows device identifier as an identity exposure that sits outside enterprise control and must be re-evaluated.
Nobody checked what came back
The idTech build did not fail. It resolved a version reference exactly as designed, treating a source's identity as proof of its content's integrity.
OpenBSD use-after-free hands local users root
An OpenBSD use-after-free escalates a local user to root. Confirmed: the privilege boundary was crossable. Reputation is not enforcement.
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