Josh Brower

Husband, Father. InfoSec. SANS GSE #143. Course author of Lover of History, Coffee, and D&D. Chaotic Good. He/Him

[Chris Sanders 🔎 🧠 @chrissanders88]

Shout out Ben for participating in this week’s investigation scenario

[Christopher Tester @CGTester]

THE PEOPLE COULD NOT BE CLEARER - Katie Dapkus #datacenter #datacentre #artificalintelligence #dartpoint #lexington

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@IceSolst Gotta have some level of visibility before you can make it actionable. I think that is just the first step.

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@SwiftOnSecurity How can you post something like this without linking to what shutoff doohicky you use now!? I got a CO2 sensor based on your recommendation years ago....

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

Americans continue to use anything except the metric system.

[Chess.com @chesscom]

Chesscom now supports DLSS 5 for maximum Chess immersion and an unparalleled gameplay experience!

NO DLSS DLSS 5

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@jason_koebler So does this just become a game of cat & mouse? Maybe a new monthly sub? Get sent a freshly-designed AI-confusing shirt every month?

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

STOP FLOCK. STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE.

Totalitarianism is when a government or another entity with overwhelming power seeks to know, control and influence everything you do, say and even think. I fear very much that if we don't act aggressively, that is where we’re heading.

You may not know it, but you may already be being tracked by artificial intelligence.

Flock, a surveillance company backed by Big Tech oligarchs like Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, has installed more than 120,000 AI-powered surveillance cameras across America.

These AI cameras scan and record 20 BILLION vehicles every month across more than 6,000 communities.

What does that mean for you? It means that if Flock is in your community, every time you leave your house, a Flock camera records and tracks you.

If you are dropping your kids off at school, Flock knows.

If you are going to a doctor, Flock knows.

If you are going out on a date, Flock knows.

And that’s not all.

Newer Flock cameras do not just record vehicles. They record people. Flock’s AI system can combine images of you and your vehicle with databases of phone numbers, relatives and court records to find out who you are, where you're going and why.

In my view, this raises some very fundamental questions. Do we want to live in an America where AI companies like Flock can work with the government to track our every movement? Do we want to live in an America where our privacy rights and civil liberties — enshrined in the Constitution — are traded away so that AI oligarchs can collect more information, and increase their profits even more?

The answer must be NO. We cannot allow America to become a surveillance state where a handful of AI oligarchs profit by giving the government the power to track our every movement.

We must come together to stop Flock and AI mass surveillance. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to do just that.

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

Won the recent "Fight ICE with Dice" signed Zerxus portrait, created by BAYWUD (https://t.co/pjcckCnVlV)

Framed it and it's hanging on my office wall now, looks amazing! #CriticalRole

[Photoingame @Photoingame]

Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5)

2077 days since the release of Cyberpunk 2077 today

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@tqbf Ok not bad for a oneshot. Needs some tweaking....

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@tqbf Interesting. I've wanted a dark mode for Google Docs for years, which was only accessible by extensions... which I never wanted to risk. Gonna try out a custom extension for that now....

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3:

https://t.co/WXSo0zB6JF

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@IceSolst LGTM

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

It is “possible” to minimize the privacy risks but police and flock have shown zero interest in doing so and have aggressively fought against lawsuits and regulation that would, for example, require a warrant to search Flock cameras

[Doug Burks @dougburks]

🚀SO-CRATES 3.2 is now available!

Another BIG release but here are the highlights:

✅Includes AI Summaries and Playbooks
✅New pivot menu
✅More rulesets and tuning options

Special thanks to @chrissanders88 for his work on the Human-Centered Investigation Playbook standard and to @DefensiveDepth for his work on the Playbook implementation and AI Summaries!

Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!

[Runa Sandvik @runasand]

ICYMI I’m hosting a Reddit AMA with Zack Whittaker of @TechCrunch on Wednesday to answer questions about US border searches, device security, and protecting your digital data. I'll be posting as runasand_. https://t.co/ygZtAJR2uc

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@DianaVGalbraith @AlexanderMcCoy4 Ya same. Interested in what you mean by this. Love the wire btw, incredible show.

[Rhys @RhysSullivan]

im starting to think i have a different definition of sandbox than everyone else

[Josh Brower @DefensiveDepth]

@Kostastsale @ThruntingLabs Right, understood. I'm more asking to what level do you do this - are there certain aspects that you verify more closely than others?