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John Scott-Railton
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John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine. Other platforms @jsrailton too.
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 31, 2024
    WILD: actual photo of Musk-hired door knockers being driven around #Michigan. This group of mostly-black workers were driven in the back of a truck with no seats. They say they were flown in, given unrealistic goals, and threatened with their lodging being cut off & being
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 29, 2024
    NEW: @X is pushing partisan content, most of it supporting Trump & sowing election doubt. @WSJ reporters created new accounts with interests in things like crafts, then observed what content the accounts got recommended. Their "for you" feeds showed pro-Trump content at double
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Dec 21, 2024
    BREAKING: NSO Group liable for #Pegasus hacking of @WhatsApp users. Big win for spyware victims. Big loss for NSO. Bad time to be a spyware company. Landmark case. Huge implications. 1/ 🧵
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Nov 11, 2025
    Putin has 3 identical offices his residences to hide where he is when he goes on TV. But a cascade of tiny details gives the whole thing away. Light switches, door handles, wood patterns & wall seams. Truly epic OSINT. h/t @alburov
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Dec 3, 2024
    Meet 'decolonization' expert Nomma Zarubina. FSB codename "Alyssa" All over the Washington DC think tank circuit. Had a knack for meeting US officials. Even attended some protests against Russia. Just last week she spoke at an event on Parliament Hill in #Canada. She's just
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 31, 2024
    Replying to @jsrailton
    Working to help the richest man in the world get his preferred candidate into office, folks.
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 31, 2024
    Replying to @jsrailton
    So... flown somewhere, given false promises of good working conditions... Then subjected to dangerous working conditions. And threatened with needing to pay their own way home / being stuck without housing if they didn't deliver. What does that sound like to you?
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Feb 1, 2025
    NEW: @WhatsApp says Israeli mercenary spyware company #Paragon targeted scores of users around world. The infection happened with no interaction. No link to click or attachment to open. This is called a "zero-click" attack. WA says targets included journalists & members of
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    May 6, 2025
    BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group. Precedent-setting win against the notorious #Pegasus spyware maker. Congratulations to @WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 31, 2024
    Replying to @jsrailton
    You really have to read the whole article by @JakeLahut
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Feb 15, 2024
    Replying to @jsrailton
    2/ Ignore Tucker & the many accounts spamming the video. Russia is in a well-documented food affordability crisis. Even before Putin's disastrous invasion, Russians struggled to afford food. Now it's so bad Putin felt compelled to apologize for skyrocketing *egg prices*
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Nov 27, 2024
    I got screwed by a big bank. Twice. I filed complaints with the @CFPB. I got responses & got my money returned. People saying the CFPB should be cancelled are acting in the interests of big companies. Not you.
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Oct 17, 2025
    NEW: 🇰🇵DPRK has begun hiding malware on blockchain. Result, decentralized, immutable malware. Nearly impossible to remove. Research by @Mandiant
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    John Scott-Railton
    @jsrailton
    Aug 2, 2024
    Replying to @jsrailton
    WOW: Here's Elon Musk's America PAC bait-and-switch voter registration page. It showed me: "Voter Registration It takes less than two minutes to register" I entered information saying I was from Michigan and it solicited a lot of detailed personal information Then it was
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