In a rare combined cybersecurity/squid post, a twenty-nine-year-old squid proxy bug can leak HTTP requests.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
lurker • July 11, 2026 12:18 AM
If you sup with the devil …
It seems Apple didn’t have a long enough spoon
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8w379e091o
Sentinel — Human
Confidence
The text exhibits a highly idiosyncratic and informal style typical of a personal blog or social media post rather than formal journalistic writing.
Signals Detected
low severity: Highly idiosyncratic and informal opening/tone (e.g., 'If you sup with the devil...') contrasted with technical topic.
low severity: The text is disjointed, blending a specific bug report reference with casual philosophical phrasing.
low severity: No discernible pattern of coordinating multiple external facts; it reads like a personal status update or blog entry.
Human Indicators
Use of highly informal, non-standard sentence structures and colloquialisms ('sup with the devil', 'Apple didn’t have a long enough spoon').
The blending of niche technical jargon with unrelated, whimsical commentary suggests an unconstrained, personal voice.