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A security researcher has flagged something deeply unsettling: the merchandise website for FBI Director Kash Patel has been caught serving a ClickFix attack, a social engineering technique that tricks visitors into running malicious commands on their own machines. The irony of the nation's top law enforcement officer's personal brand site being used to distribute malware is hard to overstate, and it raises real questions about basic operational security at the highest levels.
Shifting to a question that cuts to the heart of how we build software: as AI tools make generating code faster and cheaper than ever, does quality still matter? A recent essay argues that yes, it absolutely does, because cheap code still runs on real systems, serves real users, and fails in real ways. The cost of writing code and the cost of maintaining it are very different numbers, and that gap is widening.
And on a thread that connects technology to civic life, a video circulating in privacy and tech communities makes the case that calling your congressional representatives moves the needle more than most people realize. Staffers track call volume, and in close legislative fights, constituent pressure through the phone has historically shifted outcomes.
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