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2.1K
Account age
7 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Mar 25latest
6
Avg engagement / post
1–6
Typical post (engagement)
0.3%
Engagement vs followers
27/100
Variable reach
Jul 2019
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 6 likes + reposts (median 3) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: @GrapheneOS Yet another contributor attacked & banned by Daniel · 38 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.15 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.3×
Follows 7.4K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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I imagine more updates @somos_CAD
Breaking: #OlaBini has been arrested, and is currently facing deportation from #Ecuador
https://elmercurio.com.ec/nacional/2026/10/01/ola-bini-es-detenido-nuevamente-en-ecuador/
#FreeOlaBini #infosec #privacy
@stopgenai curious for your thoughts on this
@fight Does FFTF have a campaign to get laws that ban AI from being used by police and the military?
Using #AI in war means children get targeted 👎
🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/
Last week, the #US bombed a girls' elementry school in Iran, killing over 100 children. Was it an AI halllucination that target…
whoops, sry guise
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41182
Have you ever been locked-out of your own account "for your protection"? 🤦
🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/02/03/single-site-browser-firejail-proxychains/
This guide 👆 shows how to setup a Persistent, Sandboxed, Single-Site-Browser…
My video interview with @techlore is live! 🎉
👉 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2025/12/09/techlore-interview-2025/
Henry asked me about my work with @BusKillin how to mitigate risks of #interdiction attacks and broadband processors on #…
How can you check if a #Tor .onion is alive or dead? 🤔
🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2025/11/05/onion-service-alive-dead/
👆Not all @torproject #Onion Services run on port 80, so it's better to query the #HiddenService Descriptor 💡
#cy…
I've received some written threats since publishing this article.
In-case the article becomes inaccessible, here's a mirror of the screenshot of my interaction with @DanielMicay where they decided to ban me
https://ibb.co/5ht2scP6
@teslatakedown.com low-hanging fruit for you
https://green.michaelaltfield.net/vegn-etf-scam
Let's pressure the largest vegan fund to sell-off their millions of $ of Tesla holdings #TeslaTakedown
whoops, sry guise
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41182
Have you ever been locked-out of your own account "for your protection"? 🤦
🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/02/03/single-site-browser-firejail-proxychains/
This guide 👆 shows how to setup a Persistent, Sandboxed, Single-Site-Browser…
My video interview with @techlore is live! 🎉
👉 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2025/12/09/techlore-interview-2025/
Henry asked me about my work with @BusKillin how to mitigate risks of #interdiction attacks and broadband processors on #…
How can you check if a #Tor .onion is alive or dead? 🤔
🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2025/11/05/onion-service-alive-dead/
👆Not all @torproject #Onion Services run on port 80, so it's better to query the #HiddenService Descriptor 💡
#cy…
I've received some written threats since publishing this article.
In-case the article becomes inaccessible, here's a mirror of the screenshot of my interaction with @DanielMicay where they decided to ban me
https://ibb.co/5ht2scP6
@teslatakedown.com low-hanging fruit for you
https://green.michaelaltfield.net/vegn-etf-scam
Let's pressure the largest vegan fund to sell-off their millions of $ of Tesla holdings #TeslaTakedown
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mastodon.social
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
On Mastodon since
Jul 2019
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2019 — 7 years ago.
👁️Averages 6 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated29/100
Low
Credibility score
53%
Low
Real audience
High
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 53% real, active audience · High fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Follows 7.4K accounts — more than its own followers — a common follow-for-follow / bot pattern.
- Established account (7+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
🐧 #Linux Hacker. 🔑 #Security Guru. I write articles about #opsec, #privacy, and #devops. 💙 #OpenSource 💾
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