Tom Cross

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[Tom Cross @_decius_]

Video from our @defcon talk (by @cyberbgone and I) is now available:

The highest purpose of computers is to augment human intelligence, and to do so, our computers must be designed to challenge the way we think.

https://t.co/tTKhIYN6bY

[FactPost @factpostnews]

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will air its final episode tonight.

CBS canceled Colbert's show at the request of the Trump administration.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@tedfrank @wanzoganzo @ilan_wurman What is incorrect about my characterization?

Either its OK to run red lights or its not, but its considerably more offensive when lots of pedestrians are crossing the street than in the middle of the night while rushing to the hospital.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@tedfrank @wanzoganzo @ilan_wurman Again, its not who is exercising naked political power, but *why* and on whose behalf?

Context and motive matter.

You might convince me that these predatory loan victims shouldn’t have been paid, but that doesn’t provoke the same level of outrage as paying convicted criminals.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@tedfrank @wanzoganzo @ilan_wurman You’re trying to find a complicated way to rationalize with whats happening because the simple truth doesn’t feel good.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@tedfrank @wanzoganzo @ilan_wurman In fact it is perfectly reasonable to be angry that financial rewards are promised to criminals who engaged in a multifaceted effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, and not be angry about the compensation of victims of predatory student loans.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@tedfrank Among other problems with this whataboutism, the beneficiaries in those cases were not a group of convicted criminals who launched a violent attack on the capital as part of a multifaceted effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after their side lost an election.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

Republicans are not just opposed to illegal immigration. They hate all immigrants and they are seeking to strip political rights away from naturalized citizens.

[The Hill @thehill]

Mace unveils amendment limiting Congress, judges to natural-born citizens
https://t.co/OzQ5CwC3LB

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@ASFleischman I’m old enough to remember people being criticized for having a “pre-911 mentality.”

Thinking its safe to vote for competent local Republican politicians is a “pre-Jan6th mentality.”

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

Ask yourself - does this make sense? Are you on the right team here?

[U.S. Department of Justice @TheJusticeDept]

🚨Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund: Part of settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service

Per the settlement, plaintiffs will receive a formal apology but no monetary payment or damages of any kind.

There are no partisan requirements to file a claim. Any money left when the Fund ceases operations will revert to the Federal Government.

There is legal precedent for such a Fund, most notably the “Keepseagle” case where the Obama Administration created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades.

Read more: https://t.co/N5xAVsYT1M

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

This is America’s future being destroyed.

MIT’s new graduate enrollments for next year are down close to 20%. MIT’s sponsored-research activity from federal and non-federal sources is now 10% smaller than it was a year ago.

https://t.co/JwTkz6AAnY

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

I was told that it was really important to vote for Trump in order to protect Freedom of Speech on social media. #8647

https://t.co/lAG69bPbtT

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

TWO KINGS. 👑

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@WhiteHouse I was told that everyone at the “No Kings” protests is a moron and that Trump certainly never characterized himself that way.

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@jeremie_strand @anton_chuvakin @k8em0 @AnthropicAI Yes this is a real problem!

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@anton_chuvakin @k8em0 @AnthropicAI I wrote similar thoughts here: https://t.co/yALubOoDtF

[Tom Cross @_decius_]

@anton_chuvakin @k8em0 @AnthropicAI Its a lot of bugs in other kinds of software that isn't scrutinized as carefully, but is also well covered by those aforementioned secondary controls.

The net is that this is a bigger deal for software development organizations than CISOs.