evacide

lzg, 16 hours ago to random

the idea that someone flashes their status by wearing an expensive watch is so beyond me, it's like reading about the behavior of another species. I have never, ever noticed an expensive watch. maybe a cool one, with a lil calculator.

evacide, 1 day ago to random

Threat models matter.

When a platform/service/app tells you they are “private” or “secure” always ask “from whom?”

Criminals, domestic abusers, law enforcement, data brokers, and intelligence agencies are all different attackers with very different capabilities.

evacide, 1 day ago to random

When I talk about digital privacy, there is always some smug genius who shrugs and tells me, "Who cares? We all know we don't have any privacy anyway." Nothing could be more wrong. Convincing you that the fight is already over to the way people in power get you to stop resisting.

evacide, 2 days ago to random

Ted Baker is the latest I-need-something-to-wear-while-giving-a-talk brand to messily implode. This is a personal attack on my conference wardrobe.

evacide, 2 days ago to random

"Cisgender is a slur" has some real "people pointing out racist behavior are the real racists" energy to it.

evacide, 3 days ago to random

If you own a Tesla, your car is covered in cameras that take images reviewed by Tesla employees, who share them with each other, joke about them, and make them into memes.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/

evacide, 3 days ago to random

I see that everything is going fine over at the Hellsite.

evacide, 3 days ago to random

I have spent this week declining work requests that are unreasonable in scope or that make me uncomfortable and I would like a goddamn medal.

evacide, 4 days ago to random

I'm just a security researcher, standing in front of a journalist, asking them not to delete the file with the malicious attachment before calling me.

evacide, 7 days ago to random

Why yes, I am absolutely wearing this cut-off tshirt with an image of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofrenes that says “Girl Dinner” to the talk I am giving this afternoon about tech-enabled abuse.

evacide, 8 days ago to random

Everything about Durov's statement is so profoundly dishonest that I feel like engaging in a point-by-point debunking is a waste of time. If most of the messages on your platform are not end-to-end encrypted AT ALL, it is less private and secure than platforms whose messages are all e2e by default.

https://t.me/durov/274

evacide, 9 days ago to random

This is your regular reminder that most communications on Telegram are not end-to-end encrypted. Channels and groups are never end-to-end encrypted and 1-on-1 messages are only end-to-end when explicitly enabled.

evacide, 10 days ago to random

I see that today on the internet people are discovering who Meir Kahane was.

evacide, 10 days ago to random

Buying a new car in 2024 is a goddamn privacy nightmare, part 3591 of an endless series: https://sherwood.news/tech/how-to-opt-out-of-the-privacy-nightmare-that-comes-factory-installed-in-new/

evacide, 10 days ago to random

I will be at the Computer History Museum on May 16th, talking about digital privacy, security, and Big Data with the folks from PBS' NOVA.

https://computerhistory.org/events/nova-secrets-in-your-data

evacide, 11 days ago to random

Do not stare into the abyss, lest you be invited to keynote the abyss.

evacide, 11 days ago to random

"You are absolutely not going to like what I have to say about this thing you have invited me to keynote about" is my whole vibe.

evacide, 11 days ago to random

A journalist sent me a bunch of questions about Baby Reindeer, so I watched it this weekend, and not only did I not answer the questions, but now I really need to watch something that is not about stalking and sexual assault.

evacide, 11 days ago to random

Grifters gonna grift: https://www.wheresyoured.at/rabbit-holed/

evacide, 12 days ago to random

The saddest thing about meeting other high-profile women and enbys in infosec is the part where you compare your lists of stalkers and chronic harassers.

evacide, 12 days ago to random

Important fashion update: my silver bias-cut "space royalty" gown and silver star Hedy Lamarr headdress were a great success. On theme. Would wear again.