Yael Grauer‪

The June 2026 update to the 🍑 📋 Big Ass Data Broker Opt-Out List is live!

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List/

🎉 https://fighttorepair.substack.com/p/the-deere-dam-just-broke-ftc-settlement

What happens when amateur hackers have the tools to iterate through exploits at machine speed? I wrote about the neu script kiddies, what happens after Mythos, and how companies can prepare.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/915660/mythos-script-kiddies-hackers-attack-cybersecurity-ai

Thanks to @k8em0@infosec.exchange @trailofbits@infosec.exchange Tim Becker, Joshia Saxe and others.

RE: @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org

This is v sweet. As are the retoots. I am getting lots of contract and freelance work so am doing okay. :) but if people really want to help, and are working at an org they love that may have a Yael-shaped hole, plz refer me internally. It’s the only way I’ve even gotten screenings in this weird economy. 💕

I asked Claude to ask clarifying questions before giving detailed answers, fact-check everything, and push back when I'm wrong.

It's gotten really expensive and a little unpleasant.

Non-professional wins this month: the HVAC work we got done cleared up my mystery allergies, I learned how to use power tool attachments with my DrainShroom, and I started swimming and biking again.

What are yours?

I'm funemployed why do I have 36 things on my to-do list

I just completed a short and sweet update to BADBOOL.

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List/blob/master/README.md

💥I added information on how to opt out of National Public Data
💥I removed outdated “further reading” links, which I plan to revamp with new links and resources soon!
💥I added a donate link.

I wrote about how the bylines, headlines, and even words of the stories you read are probably not written in the way you think they are.

https://blog.yaelwrites.com/anatomy-of-an-article/

waiting for some apologies but 🦗🦗🦗

dear editors, I would like to write a story comparing Japanese snack boxes, plz pay for my Bokksu and Sakuraco, my family is dying

I tried to round up the last three months for folks who aren't on social media (or want to spend less time on social media), but now I'm posting it on social media, which is probably defeating the purpose.

https://blog.yaelwrites.com/anti-social-2026-summer-edition/

inspired by @jasonli@mastodon.social

this could be three spideys but you playing

i fangirled too close to the sun

I had such a blast on the Easy Prey Podcast! I usually hate listening to myself but really enjoyed this one and I think you will, too. We talked about the time I almost got scammed, the time I almost got hacked, and the time I accidentally doxed myself (well, my AirBNB). But you should also listen to learn the “what’s going to kill you first” principle, hear me wax poetic about DROP, and find out why I think our goal should be to put security guides out of business.

https://www.easyprey.com/privacy-vs-reality/