The best gift is appreciation 🫡. It comes from the heart. ❣️

This week I taught a 16-hour bootcamp style course to the US 🇺🇸 Navy ⚓️ in Norfolk, Virginia ! [Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command - NCDOC]

Course: 🕵🏽‍♂️ Next Level #OSINT. It blew their minds! 🤯

One of the students gifted me his Navy recruit challenge coin ⚓︎ and another guy gave me this 1924 silver 🪙 one $ coin; the last silver coin in circulation. (the word "TRUST" on it actually says "TRVST", not a typo, the "V" stands for victory). It meant a lot to them, so it meant a lot to me!

30 years ago I could not imagine myself teaching hacker-style intelligence to Law Enforcement, spy agencies, and the US Navy Cyber folks for fighting crime!
🦾While the results may not be in your hands, your effort certainly is!

One of things that resonated with the young students who called me "Sir" (awkward 😖) was:
"The difference between an ethical hacker and a malicious hacker is INTENTION.....Even a murdered can avoid jail time if the reason was self-defense or temporary insanity.... If you're using your powers for good, you have nothing to fear."