Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Steve Bellovin @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange

2/13/2026, 2:37:37 PM

Public

Two stories, side by side, in the NY Times Technology section.

The first story is captioned "Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its smart glasses"; the second is "Iran turns to digital surveillance tools to track down protesters."

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116063827229791269 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)

margot @emaytch@mastodon.social

2/14/2026, 12:18:50 AM

Quiet public

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin/116063827229791269

"Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release.

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses."