image description:
using the famous inside you three are two wolves template.

the headline says, “inside you there are two wolves”
the text on top of black wolf reads, “tell her the importance of libre software, and how I use services”, while on top of white wolf the text reads, “don’t reveal too much information. she might be a CIA glowie”

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    10 months ago

    “I’d like to talk to you about some cool software, but would you mind taking these illegal drugs with me first? You know, the whole fed thing.”

    • DragonTypeWyvern
      12·
      10 months ago

      Them: “That’s a myth, actually, they can totally do drugs undercover.”

      Me: “Do you want some free acid the CIA made or not?”

    • sethboy66@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      IIRC undercovers have, in the past, taken drugs to ‘fit in’ and keep their cover. The guidance to undercovers is probably ‘try to avoid it’ but the directive of ‘don’t get caught’ and ‘try not to die’ probably override that.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      37·
      10 months ago

      Wikipedia sez

      The term was coined by computer programmer Terry A. Davis, who allegedly believed that the CIA was stalking and harassing him. “Glowie” is often used in online forums to refer to government agents, especially undercover operatives who infiltrate online far-right spaces.

      “Glow in the dark” and its derivative terms have been used to refer to various groups: newcomers that do not fit in with the culture of certain forums and are thus suspected to have bad intentions, journalists who report on extremist groups, tech companies that collect users’ personal data, and others.

    • xor@infosec.pub
      53·
      10 months ago

      Etymology
      From glow +‎ -ie. Originated by Terry Davis, who stated in a 2017 video that “CIA n####rs glow in the dark”, implying that they are conspicuous. The term “glowie” would become popular on the 4chan /pol/ board around 2019.

      at this point it’s basically a racist dog whistle…

      • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.deOP
        62·
        10 months ago

        it’s not a ‘racist dog whistle’ now, or at least that wasn’t my intention. it’s another word for three-letter agencies or sometimes even bigtech.

        • xor@infosec.pub
          51·
          10 months ago

          just because it’s not your intention doesn’t change where it comes from and with whom it’s typically popular…

  • Tattorack@lemmy.world
    19·
    10 months ago

    Inside of you there are two wolves.

    But the total recommended number of wolves inside a human body is zero. And they shouldn’t be able to talk.

    Go see a doctor.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    You have reached transcendence when you realize it’s a honey pot and you go anyway.

  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
    111·
    10 months ago

    If your threat model involves evaluating whether someone is a glowie, ask your mental health care professional about symptoms of paranoia/schizophrenia.

    Unless distrusting strangers is the only reason you’re not in jail for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In that case, how’s your connection speed to Lemmy via TOR (I’m actually curious!)?

    …I think you’d want to use TOR for everything if you were actually deep into black hat stuff, or is that overkill?

    Another question, how many of us have actually interacted with the CIA? Aren’t they going after like super naughty people? And Aaron Swartz, motherfucking murderers. (different feds though) RIP

    Signed,

    Glowie throwing you off the scent

    • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
      61·
      10 months ago

      TOR has a bunch of backdoors for three letter agencies. You’re better off not connecting to the Internet if that’s the threat model, and people do have to live with such threats in some parts of the world.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        10 months ago

        The devs promise no backdoorsies!

        A reddit thread claims it’s open source & used by the government. I would definitely agree hardcore criminals shouldn’t touch some modern technology, but how’d you ascertain it’s backdoored?

        • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          It’s used by the government because the keys to the backdoors rest with the NSA. I don’t have the source for what I read right now, but TOR devs are known to work with the government. I believe a similar interaction exists between I2P devs and the government but perhaps not to the extent that TOR does. Note that the government has a vested interest in having backdoors to TOR since it is used more by cybercriminals (for what reasons I do not understand since they know just as well that TOR cannot be trusted).

          Read recent research publications about the vulnerabilities of TOR and I2P and you’ll quickly realise how trivial it would be for the government. As with semi-decentralised designs, there are many ways to break such architectures and the government holds such capabilities.

  • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
    8·
    10 months ago

    Just what services do you use that are of interest to three letter agencies? They really aren’t interested in tracking down furry-porn browsing habits through TOR and I2P

  • u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    81·
    10 months ago

    For me it’s more like:

    • Tell other people about all these cool FOSS so people can enjoy them and ditch Big Tech stuff
    • Don’t tell other people about all these cool FOSS because they might get too popular and Big Tech might notice and do whatever they can to remove competition by any means necessary.