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maia arson crimew
Personal blog · maia.crimew.gaysecurityprogramming
maia arson crimew writes maia :3, a personal blog at maia.crimew.gay about security and programming. Since 2023, 31 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (14) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link maia arson crimew's blog for write-ups of security and stalkerware incidents, including the post on how an airline was accessed and the posts on the LetMeSpy and stalkerware leaks.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 14 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- /6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2023-01-20
- how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-01-19
- Second biggest Russian insurance company hacked4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-10-27
- An analysis of the LetMeSpy breach – maia arson crimew4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-06-26
- How to Add DRM to Your Back End (Easy) [2026 Working]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-15
- Kick.com sucks – a brief security overview2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-02
- Stardom dreams, stalking devices and the secret conglomerate selling both2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-15
- Gbyte Leaks Gigabytes of Data2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-06
What Hacker News says?
I like Curtis work but I still find the whole theory kinda weak-sauce. Correct, the revolution can be repackaged and sold to you via hip marketing. So what? What's the counterfactual? If someone was an entirely superficial anti-system person and you retroactively deleted all shiny trinkets would they become the perfect freedom fighter? John Q. Left is just one step away from doing effective change because his water…
Comment linking /
on “Laptops with Stickers”Submitted how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps as a story · 57 points
HN discussionFor reference, it/she [1] previously was named Tillie Kottman [2] and was indicted by the US in 2021 [3]. [1] https://maia.crimew.gay/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_arson_crimew [3] https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/swiss-hacker-indicted-c...
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on “how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps”Submitted The Adrian Dittmann Story as a story · 49 points
HN discussionit uses both pronouns: she/her and it/its, as written on her website[1]. [1]: https://maia.crimew.gay/
Comment linking /
on “how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps”Submitted So I guess I hacked Samsung? as a story · 21 points
HN discussionit/she actually https://maia.crimew.gay/
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on “how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps”Submitted I'm bored, so here's a useless 0day as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThis looks to be a followup of crimew's blog post [1]. It looks like the data set has been published [2]. The uncompressed list of users alone seems to come in at over 4GB of JSON. It's terrible how many people out there are using stalkerware, but with government officials themselves using this tech, I'm not sure if useful legal action will ever be taken. [1]: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/fuckstalkerware-7/ [2]: ht…
Comment linking /posts/fuckstalkerware-7/
on “'Can I log into my partner's device?'”Submitted Kick.com sucks – a brief security overview as a story · 5 points
HN discussionRelated: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/fuckstalkerware-1/
Comment linking /posts/fuckstalkerware-1/
on “Spyware maker LetMeSpy shuts down after hacker deletes server data”Submitted I'm bored, so here's a useless 0day as a story · 4 points
HN discussionDid you find this link at the bottom of the blog that leaked TSA no fly list? Because that’s how I found the same site today. https://maia.crimew.gay/
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on “The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)”Submitted Stalkerware hack unveils potential fraud scheme as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSo do I! I'm using https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js after seeing how https://maia.crimew.gay/ implemented hers haha source: https://github.com/snehankekre/snehankekre.github.io/blob/ma...
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on “My Homepage Has a Pulse”Submitted FuckStalkerware pt. 4 – the truth come out: does TheTruthSpy is secure as a story · 4 points
HN discussion:D thought it was cute when I first saw one on https://maia.crimew.gay/
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on “My Homepage Has a Pulse”Submitted Stardom dreams, stalking devices and the secret conglomerate selling both as a story · 3 points
HN discussionOr anyone else, such as aviation companies: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/ Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34446673
Comment linking /posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
on “Infosec company owned completely by 4chan user”Submitted The shitpoasters – the nazis made an oopsie as a story · 3 points
HN discussionthis is the same person that found the no fly list from an airline lol https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
Comment linking /posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
on “Infosec company owned completely by 4chan user”Submitted FuckStalkerware pt. 2 – SpyHide couldnt hide forever as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFound this on the same blog. Wild read. Apparently they found a copy of the nofly list from 2019. https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
Comment linking /posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
on “Infosec company owned completely by 4chan user”Submitted An analysis of the LetMeSpy breach – maia arson crimew as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSeems there is a blog post authored by the same person credited in the dump ("maia arson crimew") describing how the data was acquired here: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/ ("how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way") Discussed 10 days ago on HN (1024 points | 642 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34446673
Comment linking /posts/how-to-hack-an-airline/
on “U.S. No Fly list publicly shared on a hacking forum, government investigating”Submitted Gbyte Leaks Gigabytes of Data as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMore information about what kind of data was leaked by the hack, as well as more info on the company behind the stalkerware and some notable users among the leaked data: https://maia.crimew.gay/posts/fuckstalkerware-1/
Comment linking /posts/fuckstalkerware-1/
on “LetMeSpy, a stalkerware app spying on thousands, says it was hacked”Submitted Stardom dreams, stalking devices and the secret conglomerate selling both as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted FuckStalkerware pt. 6 – tattling on pcTattletale as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Second biggest Russian insurance company hacked as a story · 2 points
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