California residents after January 1st of 2027 will not be allowed to read this or any other blog posts on skids.fail. California Assembly bill 1043 (Mandatory age verification implemented at OS level) Passed unanimously (76-0 and 38-0) in 2025 with zero technical debate on how a "self-reporting"

On February 9th of 2026 Discord released a press release titled 'Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally'. It's contents include mandatory age verification for some of the features considered basic like: Restricting access to speak on stages to only adults. Restricting access to some basic features like

With the European Union (EU) still attempting to push the chat control mandate to pass, privacy for European citizens has never been harder. I attempted to compile some software, services and payment methods to make it harder for the spying eyes of pretty much every government and company to trace

In today’s world, personal information is extremely valuable, and protecting privacy has never been more important. Governments and large organizations increasingly strive to monitor and track individuals tho, essentially making privacy a conditional right rather than a guaranteed one. Maintaining control over your data and minimizing oversight is essential

initial analysis The sample was first analyzed using Detect It Easy (DIE). The result was unremarkable. No meaningful signatures, no obvious indicators, and nothing immediately useful. At this point, suspicion only increased. binwalk findings Next, the sample was run through binwalk, which revealed something more interesting: 7-zip archive data detected