Post #233760
2026-02-05 11:38 UTC
Replies (10)
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@kodamachameleon@infosec.exchange 2026-02-05 12:29
@thedarktangent I think I’d sleep with more peace of mind that random scripts downloaded from GitHub are not touching my contacts than worrying one of my contacts might be associated with Epstein. lol
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@arianvp@functional.cafe 2026-02-05 14:17
@thedarktangent automating this is damn near negligent. The Epstein files contain copies of many open source licenses and copyright statements verbatim for some reason. So many open source maintainers are in them lol
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@syrupsplashin@infosec.exchange 2026-02-05 14:37
@thedarktangent I am becoming increasingly concerned around a person being immediately vilified because their name was found in these files. Evidently you are well aware of this and I hope you share these same concerns. There's random posts, articles, etc in those files - a script parsing for and finding references to name could mean literally nothing. Last thing I want to see is something getting cancelled over this and we come to find out it was because a pedo shared an article that had that someone's name in it. There definitely needs to be more due diligence here to make sure this doesn't happen. We live in a world where most people just read headlines which can be VERY dangerous here.
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@iurii@mastodon.world 2026-02-05 15:46
@thedarktangent https://mastodon.world/@iurii/116018796456022288
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@andreagrandi@mastodon.social 2026-02-05 15:51
@thedarktangent what if the "John Doe" you have in your LinkedIn, isn't the same "John Doe" mentioned in the files?
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@praetor@mstdn.social 2026-02-05 16:00
@thedarktangent I feel like this is moral grandstanding. The likelihood of you knowing anyone who is has huffed one of Epstein's farts, much less is actually connected to him is pretty nil. I just feel like this is trying to create connections where there is none. If you can afford to have an underaged girl for the night on an elite private island, chances are you're not on LinkedIn. Ashley Madison maybe, but not Linked in.
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@goerp@mastodon.social 2026-02-05 17:04
@thedarktangent Ah, isn't there a big danger people with same or similar names get falsely marked?
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@ang_mo_uncle@mastodon.social 2026-02-05 19:31
@thedarktangent yeah, someone wrote a script that shoots all of your contacts to a random person's API. Just "first name last name" tho, but if you match it to IP you at least know that a person sitting behind this IP has this set of contacts. You'd probably need to host the files as text locally - not sure how big that dataset would be.
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@jackie@social.linux.pizza 2026-02-05 20:52
@thedarktangent We need Shinigami Eyes (https://shinigami-eyes.github.io/) but for the Epstein files
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@Blueteamsherpa@infosec.exchange 2026-02-10 02:18
@thedarktangent I would like to see a hyperlinked page so I can review the data by myself and come to my own conclusions. That way I don’t have to give my data to anyone. Though I do agree that most of us don’t associate with pedos, and if we accidentally do so unknowingly, I think people would understand. As a gay man of a certain age, I experienced being slandered/libeled by assholes pretending to be Christian, since as a power grab based in bigotry they wrongly claimed ALL gay men (or the vast majority) wanted to do little boys. So, for no reason based in reality, I’ve been tarred with that brush. It’s a stinky brush. Even with that in my past, if I found out someone who I am connected with on LI behaved reprehensibly, I’d sever the relationship. Anyone who would give me grief because I was connected to them would be roundly ignored because knowing someone bad isn’t the same as being bad. My late dad was a multi-year multi-time federal convict. I look just like him and behave almost 100% opposite of him. No one should give me grief because of what my dad did before his death last century.