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`

Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net

4/26/2025, 6:03:16 AM

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I'm tilting at windmills again, trying to convince people that phones don't spy on you through your microphone to target ads at you https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/rant/

Note on 26th April 2025

Last September I posted [a series of long ranty comments on Lobste.rs](https://lobste.rs/s/mf7guc/leak_facebook_partner_brags_about) about the latest instance of the [immortal conspiracy theory](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/2/they-spy-on-you-but-not-like-that/) (here [it goes again](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799802)) about apps spying on you …

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