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patrickb.net
He/Him | security architect, observer of technology train wrecks
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If you're getting started in security and find the raw number of subjects daunting, that's because security is a vastly larger field than it was even just a few years ago. For context, when I took my Security+, IAM wasn't even an acronym. Go broad or go deep, but keep learning.

submitted 464 days ago • 1 comment

This must be that “more value” Netflix keeps touting as their excuse for constantly raising rates

submitted 469 days ago • 0 comments

Over the last ~5 years, deceptive uses of generative AI have become increasingly pervasive on social media. Here's a brief and partial history of the topic from the perspective of a social media researcher (specifically, me). conspirator0.substack.com/p/a-brief-an...

submitted 476 days ago • 0 comments

The corporate equivalent of Wagner's one day rebellion - just need Microsoft to announce they brokered a truce between Altman and the board and that there was in fact no attempted coup, nothing to see here!

submitted 477 days ago • 0 comments

I'm going with MiB logic - a baby that's intelligent enough to hold a conversation while skydiving and has the motor skills to operate the parachute is obviously looking to start some shit Either that or he's been possessed by Chucky and this is rouse so he can cut your parachute after you open it

submitted 481 days ago • 0 comments

The "We really don't want to offer this but we're being forced to so fuck you" pricing strategy paired with some A-tier smoke blowing on the free with ads pitch Curious to see just how ad free the experience is - eg. does this include all the sponsored content that isn't PI data based?

submitted 489 days ago • 0 comments

A lot of security is learning how to analyze failure, not be crippled by it, and figuring out how not to fail as hard the next time. Be real though - it's usually a thankless job and you'll always be playing catch-up with new technologies, so high stress and lifetime learning.

submitted 493 days ago • 1 comment

Doesn't that.. completely defeat the purpose of having the police robot in the first place? When you need five police guarding the robot that's supposed to be there in place of said police officers

submitted 500 days ago • 0 comments

1Password's official statement and incident report on their security incident via the Okta breach On the positive side, it seems like the attacker was still in the reconnisance phase when they were detected and cut off before they could do anything more

submitted 503 days ago • 1 comment

1 - This isn't going to do shit to actually stop minors from accessing whatever online content they bloody well feel like 2 - This -will- make future platform data breaches much worse with the biometric/national ID data needed for age verification 3 - VPNs about to get much more popular in the UK

submitted 505 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t think I have a violin small enough for this ongoing train wreck of a speaker selection process, plenty of popcorn though

submitted 508 days ago • 0 comments

This never happens on the internet, especially not on social media/microblogging platforms :)

submitted 509 days ago • 0 comments

The notion that charging new users $1 per year will stop bots is laughable.

submitted 509 days ago • 15 comments

If you're in the US, this is your regular reminder to contact your Senator and tell them that you oppose KOSA and they should too.

submitted 514 days ago • 2 comments

A verification system that's generally workable for social media posting, is free (at least the verification component), and doesn't involve providing your government photo ID to multiple companies Imagine that

submitted 520 days ago • 0 comments

This is a particular pet peeve of mine when it comes to privacy advocacy, your average user isn't going to completely abandon Chrome/Windows/Android/etc just because of privacy. That's not how their personal threat model works

submitted 525 days ago • 1 comment

ahahahaha hahahahaha haaaaaahahaha

submitted 528 days ago • 191 comments

For emphasis, the MBTA green line extention is literally barely a year old and has already been neglected to the point that it has speed restrictions of 3mph.. In addition to slowdowns on literally every other branch.. And this is supposed to be one of the -better- public transit systems in the US

submitted 529 days ago • 0 comments

Can't imagine what could possibly go wrong with police robots modeled after an aerodynamic Dalek Also can't wait for the inevitable follow up articles when these end up spray painted and flipped over in the nearest dumpster or river

submitted 530 days ago • 0 comments

Friendly reminder that this is the same Twitter that wants you to trust them with your government issued ID and biometric information among other things as part of their new privacy policy taking effect end of September

submitted 536 days ago • 0 comments