CIRCLE WITH A DOT

*Donning a tinfoil hat…*

"On January 14, 2026, at approximately 21:00 UTC, something changed in the internet’s plumbing. The GreyNoise Global Observation Grid recorded a sudden, sustained collapse in global telnet traffic…

"Six days later, on January 20, the security advisory for CVE-2026-24061 hit oss-security."

2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died – GreyNoise Labs

On January 14, 2026, global telnet traffic observed by GreyNoise sensors fell off a cliff. A 59% sustained reduction, eighteen ASNs going completely silent, five countries vanishing from our data entirely. Six days later, CVE-2026-24061 dropped. Coincidence is one explanation.

GreyNoise Labs (www.labs.greynoise.io)

#Linux #GNU #Security #TinFoilHat

This hits home for me:

"Previous technology shifts were 'learn the new thing, apply existing skills.' AI isn’t that. It’s not a new platform or a new language or a new paradigm. It’s a shift in what it means to be good at this.

"I noticed it gradually. I’d be working on something — building a feature, designing an architecture — and I’d realise I was still doing the same thing I’d always done, just with the interesting bits hollowed out."

I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall

I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things

James Randall (www.jamesdrandall.com)

#Programming #Coding #AI