https://mastodon.social/@lrvick

Security/Privacy Consultant, Cypherpunk, OSS Advocate
PGP: 6B61ECD76088748C70590D55E90A401336C8AAA9
#infosec #foss #opensource #sysadmin #privacy #security

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This account has moved to Mastodon because I have the unconventional belief that autocracy is incompatible with freedom.

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You can find other verified ways to reach me on Keyoxide:

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@InPHARMaticist https://t.co/ovWaPkvl6g

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This account exists for the sole purpose of promoting Mastodon.

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Well it appears Twitter is rate limiting the Mastodon-Twitter crossposter to the point of being useless given the influx of 8 million new Mastodon users.

This will probably be my last Tweet.

You can follow me on Mastodon:

@[email protected]
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I teach security and privacy to people at risk of serious harm for their desire of basic human rights.

They can't risk using closed platforms that demand they give up PII like phone numbers.

This is why I have no time for "security" or "privacy"… https://t.co/mmwMmJHrOS

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The company Eric founded, CubicDissection, is still accepting order and his team is going to try to keep his legacy alive.

Show them some support if you can: https://t.co/lCW5hO9mQp

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Eric Fuller, one of the world's most prolific and influential puzzle creators, died in his sleep on November 5.

My favorite quote of his is: "Good puzzles take advantage of existing assumptions. Great puzzles create assumptions, then take advantage of… https://t.co/UkL4zSGgHZ

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Centralization means dictatorship: Do what you are told.

Decentralization means democracy: You must research and make choices.

If you think democracy is worth a bit of work, I encourage you to tolerate choosing Matrix and Mastodon servers.

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The feature of Mastodon that matters most is that there is no means to recreate central portals for feds or corpos to globally suppress or promote users and content of their choosing.

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Cell phones are like toilets. Only use them when you are alone.

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Nitter version of the above: https://t.co/hWfedGshgf

Original Mastodon post: https://t.co/LADxTzFpKy

Feel free to join my friends and I on Matrix if you want to learn more about security, privacy, and digital soverignity.

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Hi Twitter.

I posted this via a decentralized alternative that already exists: Mastodon.

Also "Nitter" allows you read Tweets without tracking, ads, or algorithims.

You will be happier when you log out of Twitter.

Maybe share this first ;)

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EA Origin games are broken on the Steam deck, and most Linux distributions. The games themselves are compatible, but Linux defaults OpenSSL 3 which refuses put users at risk by communicating with the unpatched servers EA runs.

Windows is YOLO about it so EA is fine with it too.

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Right now @ea_games servers are vulnerable to CVE-2009-3555, allowing unsafe TLS renegotiation.

They issued a WONTFIX because it was discovered by Linux users, and Windows does not currently patch or warn about the vuln.

https://t.co/jF37cHVa9j

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Planned Parenthood is telling people, rightfully, to stop using period tracking apps, as they embed trackers that give data to authorities in anti-choice states.

Meanwhile, I count several third party trackers on https://t.co/ofoifOwcUI

WTF?

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If you mostly let AI decide what to read and who to interact with, I am sorry to tell you this, but you might be an NPC.

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The recording of my talk for OffTheChainCon is online now.

"How to Stop the Hacks: Airgaps, HSMs, and Supply Chain Integrity"

https://t.co/fz8pV5l9W5

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I am alive today because I always wear a high quality full face helmet.

Never go cheap on safety gear.

You can't predict everything.

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I have one free ticket to Off The Chain to give away.

Naturally I'll use this to promote #! and the free mentorship available to all.

First to say "otc" in our IRC room via one of our public shell servers gets the ticket.

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My talk got accepted at Off The Chain!

Hope to see some of you in SF on June 7th.

"How to stop the hacks: Airgaps, HSMs, and Supply Chain Integrity"

https://t.co/aeJjy5hRP7