Post #988894

2026-04-07 22:57 UTC

Oh hey, with all the 🔥 I almost missed that today was the 12th anniversary of Heartbleed. The online test I cobbled together that night gave me the opportunities to get started in this line of work! Initially it was hilariously bad: a Flask server shelling out to a patched Go crypto/tls binary.

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@PamelaDrew@gigaohm.bio 2026-04-08 00:07

Fun trivia for Heartbleed history.. Anonymous suspect OpLastResort hack protest of DoJ prosecution of Aaron Swartz finally charged for unauthorized Heartbleed pentest at cancer charity where he volunteered.. Uncle Sam dirtbags want their pound of flesh no matter what truth is.. https://www.zdnet.com/article/australia-to-prosecute-heartbleed-pentest-in-desperation-to-pin-charges-on-anonymous-radio-host/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150523082625/https://www.zdnet.com/article/feds-stumbling-after-anonymous-launches-operation-last-resort/

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@floralia@girlcock.club 2026-04-08 00:44

@filippo wow i feel old

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@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social 2026-04-08 14:08

@filippo niels was inspired … https://open.spotify.com/album/6iVajKDEyHAEtuyEOnydPc?si=CGJ5bZJ5RA-51vLsBlT_JQ

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@dolanor@hachyderm.io 2026-04-08 20:35

@filippo this made me feel Go could be a nice language for where I wanted to go. So thanks for nearly 12 years of Go on my side 😃

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