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Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower

Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff.

Old posts: @Lorry@mstdn.social

Why I left Match Group?

. https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary)
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3
. https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff

You get the idea!

Old man shouts at clouds:

. First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988
. Oldest email address I use daily: 1989
. First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35)
. Oldest domain name: 1992
. First academic paper on social media: 1992

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https://superhighwayman.com
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https://untrusted.ca/lorry/
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https://github.com/Hacklet
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https://gravatar.com/lorry
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Old mstdn.social toots:
https://justmytoots.com/@lorry@mstdn.social

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @lorry@infosec.exchange
@janeishly@beige.party @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net @aaronareed@mastodon.gamedev.place more seriously, Richard gave a good interview to the Retro Hour Podcast about MUD and the class system a few years ago, there's a version here: https://youtu.be/SJa1AOQJCUo?si=4n9QxinY5ezYYcIC I gave one on the same show a few weeks later more specifically about early Internet, IRC, MUDs and things: https://youtu.be/dBsyZgZxxwQ?si=Br9MiGvR7Uilpm1S (skip the first 30 minutes or so maybe) It was the first interview I'd given since about 1996 and they only talked me into it because they got Richard on, and then Al Lowe the week before me 😎 #retrocomputing #games #gaming #history #mastodon #mud #podcast #uk #internet #interview
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @lorry@infosec.exchange
@janeishly @Error417 although I wrote this in 1995, complaining about how shitty the modern Internet had become by then. https://lorry.org/Docs/fod.html
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @janeishly@beige.party
@janeishly @Error417 nobody ever listens to me.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @janeishly@beige.party
@janeishly@beige.party @vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net @aaronareed@mastodon.gamedev.place it's funny because as a much more working class lad, I always found Richard to be the snobby and posh one ⚒️
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @hacktopus@hachyderm.io
@hacktopus I can! I am good at quitting 😜 The irony about the price is that's probably about what it's worth now too.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @rlaimondas@venera.social
@rlaimondas It's an A2B0003 Communications Card (Revision 1) - So an RS232 card with a DB-25 port, everything you need to plug a modem into an Apple-II, which didn't come with a serial port because it was designed to be modular. So I was basically saying that if I ever need to use my Apple IIe online, this card will do the job (British slang, "sorted"). It's highly unlikely I ever will, I'd have to find a dial-up Internet service in Canada first :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 23, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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A late birthday present. Next time I need to get online on my Apple IIe, I will be well sorted!

#Apple #Computers #RetroComputing #Electronics #AppleII

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 14, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Since I am on an accidental #nostalgia (naustalgia?) trip in trying to find old #MUD things, this one popped up on my Facebook feed which may amuse the #RetroComputing #VAX #VMS and #History of the #Internet folks.

This was UKNet's office in about 1994-1995

I think there are some #SUN and #SGI machines in there too, there definitely were somewhere.

#HashtagAbuse

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 13, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @ukscone@cupoftea.social
@ukscone the names ring a bell. Was that "Clive of the yard"?
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 13, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Boosted by Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop
This is still my favourite personal hackery/security story, and the only one I have ever written about where I am on the naughty-side of the desk. Different times! https://artofsecurity.com/2011/humble #Security #InfoSec #Hacking #DEC #VAX #VMS #Teletype #Blog #History #UniversityofLeicester #FoiledAgain
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 09, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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They are calling the bogroll guy "Warehouse Luigi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpqhREBFIoo

#Luigi #Bogroll #News #EatTheRich

Warehouse Luigi: “Should’ve Paid Us Enough To Live”
YouTube

Warehouse Luigi: “Should’ve Paid Us Enough To Live”

The Rational National

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 09, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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The strangest thing about the #EFF leaving #Twitter is that ... Why the fuck were they still in that #NaziBar !?

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 09, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 03, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
@WiteWulf And to be fair to the gods of time... My DecSystem 10 is in 1987 at the moment, since that gets the date and days mostly correct.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 03, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
@WiteWulf Ah, noted - So I will be prepared for an annoying surprise - Though I don't really use the VMS anyway now I have TOPS-10 back. I dunno where I got the license .COM file from, but it looks like I am safe on the VMS end for those: $ show license vax-vms Active licenses on node CALDER: ------- Product ID -------- ---- Rating ----- -- Version -- Product Producer Units Avail Activ Version Release Termination VAX-VMS DEC 0 0 100 0.0 (none) (none) $ I know nobody cares any more, but given that I worked for security within DEC I feel the mild urge to add that I have hundreds of legitimate licenses, and you'd think a huge box of hard grey folders would be easy to find, but nooo :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 03, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @quentinnuk@mastodon.social
@quentinnuk @larsbrinkhoff Ah hiya Quentin. I noticed that back in the day you'd commented on a blog post I made about not being able to find BCPL back in 2012 - I was sending that post to somebody yesterday :) I am not sure if MUD3 (1.3 I guess!) will work on the BCL code you have working, so I will have to update that for you too, I had to do some work on the MBOOTS.MAC and it's tied to different accounts, reflecting the situation after Richard left and it went to the COMPSOC accounts - It's more geared towards running multiple games with different account administrators now though. You need to update anyway because the older sources are dire. I am on 7.03 and no plans to update, but it'll work fine on 7.04 - There are some annoying account quotas need tweaking but I think I got those from a post you made anyway so you know that already. Pop me an email/pm I will package up a .TAP for you of MUD and the new BCL - I will have to tweak a few copyrights just to keep the record accurate; all of mine were as I last edited them in 1991 on the machine. You can try them on https://dec10.uk
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Apr 03, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @WiteWulf@cyberplace.social
@WiteWulf Thanks! I found those a few days ago, and a useful .COM to register every single possible license on the machine as well :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 25, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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This is where I need #KevinMitnick - Mr #Mitnick had copies of all my legitimate old licenses :) #Hacking #Archives
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 25, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Where are all my #VMS license PAKs when I need them!

I used to have boxes of the damned things.

#Retrocomputing #losttechnology #Archaeology #Librarians

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 22, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@philpem @bitsavers @davebarnes @jguillaumes @cstross copyright isn't really an issue for me on this one :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 20, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @bitsavers@oldbytes.space
@bitsavers @davebarnes @jguillaumes @cstross Lovely :) Funny thing is, I was almost tempted to go the path of exploring the idea of reading the digital information off it with an offset head - But I think at that point I'd (sensibly) convinced myself that it was really just an unreadable 9-track because it was pretty crispy at that point. Also, the chances of the compiler actually being on the tape were very low anyway. User backups are unlikely to have system partitions on them, so it really was a Hail Mary move. I found a photo of the setup I was mostly using, a Microvax something-or-other on top of a DEC TSZ07 (my favourite DEC tape drive, and so the one I kept using, to the detriment of my poor back!). The photo info says this was 16 Nov 2003, so I have a date for that part of the project now, too.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 20, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@bitsavers @davebarnes @jguillaumes @cstross I gave it a hell of a try :) I thought I had a 7-track tape somewhere in my pile of junk. Back when I worked in Epidemiology, I spent a lot of time trying to collate patient death data from every health recorder in the UK. They came on everything you can imagine, and I'd become the NHS's go-to tape-and-disk person as a somewhat annoying and unwanted side job for quite a while. But nope, outside an environment where I could just send out a message begging to borrow a 7-track, I was completely buggered. I think it's the first time I have ever truly been defeated by a smug-looking bit of media, daring me to eviscerate it. Mind you, now I know where to borrow a drive! Although by now these tapes are kinda crispy :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 18, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross @sbisson I think it's good now... I have logged out of the front and to stop myself fixing things that need a restart for now.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 18, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross @sbisson it's my fault for trying to force the front end on a machine that is definitely not setup for Web stuff. I'll move the Web parts to a machine I actually look after. The only problem is that I'll kill the Web clients every time I reload the Web server so I might have to put a teeny bit more thought into this once I get it stable because security wise that will leave floating TOPS monitor sessions on connectable lines. For now though, I'll redo the front end. I am far happier managing TOPS-10 than bloody Unix and have been for 40 years.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@sbisson @cstross Apparently I'd broken something at the Cloudflare end but it was completely random. It SHOULD be working now. If it's not I will probably have to change front-end software.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@cstross@wandering.shop @jguillaumes@mastodont.cat @jlargentaye@mas.to Leeds University kept some of its DECSystem-10 stuff, or it had last time I was there in 2005. #Leeds #LeedsUniversity
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @davebarnes@c.im
@davebarnes @jguillaumes @cstross If you read the weblog post I sent somewhere in this thread, there's a rant about trying to read 7-track PDP-10 tapes that Richard had sent me. I thought I had just about every tape drive, but not that one.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @livcomp@hachyderm.io
@livcomp @lproven @cstross The best thing about PERQs is that they are a decent shape to drive a large truck over. (Actually, the bee "busy" icon was cool the first time you saw it, but that is it!)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Oh that was a #debug win anyway - I hadn't given the games enough privileges to reset themselves. Mind you, who needs a reset game, they are boring!
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
@gulfie I worked with a lot of the old Prestel/Micronet/Compunet people in my days at BTnet - There were some great people from that era still hanging around at BT! Compunet ran a very early of MUD (so did Compuserve, confusing isn't it!) on their DecSystem 10s too. #UK #BT #Prestel #Micronet
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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This is a weblog post I wrote over a decade ago about the last time I tried to do this: https://superhighwayman.com/2012/primary-source-not-found/ It gets there in the second half :D The sad thing about reading that, which I wrote in 2012, is that so many of the Primary Sources I can think of for a lot of this stuff are dead now; so it's still all being lost every day. I have done some interviews, so as I discovered a few weeks ago, some of that is preserved on Wikipedia (someone had posted a photo/article I had no idea existed) - But I have a Wiki page and deliberately force myself to do some interviews these days - most people don't. #RetroComputing #Wikipedia #History
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org
@larsbrinkhoff If you know him, say thanks for me please :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @gulfie@mastodonapp.uk
@gulfie Ooh, I thought I knew all the UK games! one to add to my list :) My first one was called MUCK from 1983/1984 running on PRIMOS on a Prime 2250 - It was great, brilliant game-play design (mostly not by me, and Neil Burgess is no longer with us) and I think a pretty innovative multi-user mechanism (I did write that bit :P) - But each move took about 45 seconds, so as people said, it may as well just be a tabletop game that happened to be running on a minicomputer. Humph.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org
@larsbrinkhoff Yes! I used a lot of his stuff for a shortcut to get the BCPL up and running - He saved me hours (I was going to link him but I forgot his name so thanks for that opportunity). He did a great job with what he was working with, but that MUD was very old, and I don't think Quentin had ever managed any TOPS-10 systems so there were a few paths I didn't take and I built my systems mostly from a cleanish build. But I am very glad he did the legwork with BCPL. These versions of the games have (relatively) much more modern code, and the MUD is V3 which is a combined MUD/VALLEY system and a lot of bugs (and usability) issues fixed. I suspect I also had a lot more support files than he had access to. Quentin's version was also not protected in any way, which, for a live system, I guess I'd have been the person I'd have asked, so that was convenient :D But yeah, I definitely shouldn't diminish how much help his original project was. I will release the tape images to this system when I get everything stable and strain-tested.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @lproven@social.vivaldi.net
@lproven Ah it's a sad story. I used to do a lot of work in preservation, partly because when I was working on Edinburgh's Tardis program (I think @cstross was on that?) I had to drive around trying to find bits of hardware for maintenance from places like Daresbury Labs, and it was depressing seeing what they were throwing away - And this was in 1990 - But I would take what I could rescue in a van or car, and try to find places to store it. Sadly two of the places were a storage unit, and the back of my land-rover for a while, and the storage unit was broken into and the Land Rover stolen (which is another rant) - So I lost 100% of the offline backups (tapes , listings and game-design notes), including the first Multi User game I wrote on a PRIME in 1984 (and also my first computer dating app in 1983/1984 too!). I had some bits left, mostly the small bits, and I rebuilt a lot of it ( some on https://old.technology the gallery software broke years ago, so there are no proper descriptions ). I gave a bunch of my stuff to Bletchley Park when I moved to Canada, and resisted taking too much away. They had a PERQ there that I desperately wanted to crush and eradicate from history in the car park, but they wouldn't let me. Weirdly, there was a submarine in the car park at the time too - But I am going way off topic :)
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @AbramKedge@beige.party
@AbramKedge yup! That was UK.AC.ESSEX.KL10. I was the last user on it, apart from Rick, the systems manager, who shut it down for the last time around me checking I'd saved everything for the 30th time. TOPS-10 was a great operating system although I am worried why my muscle memory seems to have remembered #TECO so well.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @lorry@infosec.exchange
@sbisson @cstross hummm, it's working for me. In true timeshare operator fashion, I will dig after a cuppa.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @sbisson@mastodon.social
@sbisson @cstross I will have a look at my cloudflare setup, I might have been a little too harsh.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to on wandering.shop
@cstross@wandering.shop if you are feeling really brave... RUN ADVENT[42,42] Though you'd have to be really dedicated to retro gaming to want to play it. But at least I installed the #Stanford version that doesn't require caps lock stuck on to play it.
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross the Web link is a direct telnet with the terminal emulator already setup. I decided against direct telnet, mostly so I had control over the terminal settings. 1970s operating systems are not that forgiving of bad setups. https://dec10.uknet.net
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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This one might be interesting to anyone interested in computer gaming history.

https://dec10.uknet.net

I spent the last couple of weeks finally finishing a project I started for Bletchley Park about 20 years ago. Recreating the original MUD and MIST on a mirror of the original Essex University system that finally closed in 1991.

Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle wrote the first online multi-user game (MUD) on Essex University's DECSystem-10 in 1978 and it ran till I closed it in 1991. I diligently backed everything up so I could potentially recover it one day, but as far as I can see, all the DECSystem-10's went to the great scrapyard in the sky, my backups were mostly stolen when my first museum was stolen, and I had huge issues recovering the Essex BCPL compiler to compile what I had left when I finally got a decent TOPS-10 emulator running on a VAX for Bletchley Park.

One good thing about being an unemployable whistleblower is free time, so I finally hunkered down to some 90 hour weeks and built a software replica of the Essex system I think reflects it well. It's running on a KS10 not a KL10 but I had to let some things slip.

I put the latest known versions of MUD and MIST on it, and miraculously found ROCK too.

So, to meander to the point, if you want to see and relive exactly what online multi user gaming was like from 1978 to 1991, you can go to:

https://dec10.uknet.net

Or:

telnet telnet.dec10.uknet.net

(Port 2653 is available for ISPs that block 23)

And then follow the terse instructions from there.

In those days, you were generally faced with a "." prompt and left mostly alone, so for authenticity, I will leave it at that.

I should note that although they were, in their day, wildly popular games with a relatively huge community, this is a museum peice in snapshot-form at the moment. But I will leave them up and running to see what happens and as a useful reference. I wasn't going to, but Richard seemed happy to have MUD running, and former MIST players wanted it back, so...

Pop this a share if you know folks who might be interested.

** Update: New web client that works better.

** Another update - I added a telnet client.

Historically, the telnet connection is much more true to the traditional experience, where you were connecting to a working machine that didn't care about the MUD Guests, so there were no pointers at all. Just rumour and hearsay :)

If any of you Unix/Security people notice I messed up something, please tell me. I left "^], !sh" open on the telnet link for about 2 minutes and nearly had a heart-attack once I spotted it :D

#history #digital #retrogaming #retrocomputing #games #mud #muds #mist #rock #computers #emulation #emulators #vms #tops10 #museum #history #bletchleypark #simh #essex #uk #computinghistory #36bit #engineering #Linux #Security

(don't try this on a phone!)

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 26, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Replying to @rbos@mastodon.novylen.net
@rbos @globalnews I'd hope they include the military too!
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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 26, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Feels like this should be in the Entertainment section rather than the Politics one.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11688507/conservative-searches-antifa-federal-government/

#Canada #Politics #AntiFa #RedNexit #CanPoli #Trump #MAGA #MapleMAGA #Globalnews @globalnews@botsin.space

Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.ca
Global News

Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Glob

Federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military.

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 26, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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"Two more minutes of that and I'd be wearing a MAGA hat" - Jimmy Kimmel on the People's State of the Union.

He's not wrong, the Democrats are begging to lose if that's the best they can do as their alternative. @MeidasTouch@mstdn.social fucked up there big time; it felt like a high school protest without any of the energy and inspiration.

#StateOfTheUnion #USPol #Trump #Epstein #meidasTouch #Politics #Protest #DNC #Democrats #Useless #JimmyKimmel #PeoplesStateOfTheUnion

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 20, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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It won't be long before the Bellamy Salute is back.

#USA #Politics #Fascism #Nazis #FCC #Television #Orwell #Propaganda

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 19, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Hey! That's me!

@warandpeas@mastodon.social @warandpeas@mastodon.social

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 15, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@Linza@kamu.social I'd love to see what POSTUS's historical record would look like in 350 years, if there are still people or records then.

kamu.social

Linza (@Linza@kamu.social) - kamu.social

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 15, 2026
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@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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It's not shaming him. The grumpy old dude is dead, and has been for 350 years.

It's merely accepting that history isn't complete, and sometimes new things are found about historical figures, and that sometimes your beloved historical "free speech" is pretty abhorrent when you frame it in modern terms.

It's not rewriting history; it's looking at it with the benefit of a few centuries of learning and medical advances in treating bladder stones. All of which I accept that Andrew Doyle is desperate to roll back and erase as quickly as possible.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/08/samuel-pepys-censorship-cancel-culture/

#History #London #Pepys #Opinion #Bezos #WashingtonPost #FreeSpeech #Writing #Shitty #Journalism #News

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 15, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Dear Customer.

No, you can't turn on your heat pumps because the internet site connected to the app on the phone in your hand is under maintenance.

If our maintenance goes bad you will have to go out into the snow and try to open the frozen box and turn the thing off and on again and set everything up all over again, which will need the remote control which you haven't seen for about 2 years - WHICH IS WHY YOU ARE USING THE BLOODY PHONE TO CONTROL IT LIKE YOU TOLD US TO.

#LG are Incompetent cockwombles.

#Incomptent #Technology #Design #UserFreedom #UI #Enshittification #Winter #Fuckoff #LG

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Lorry @lorry@infosec.exchange · Feb 14, 2026
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange

Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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I guess #Keepa changed their free limits all of a sudden. Grumble. It would have been nice to yanoo, get a warning?

#Amazon #eBay #Online #Shopping #Annoying #CustomerService

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