Hi.  

I'm a professional computer geek in the Bay Area. I've been a sysadmin, designed and built networks, been a penetration tester, done security research, and incident response. I'm flexible enough to work as in aerospace engineering as well as computational pharmacology.

I'm still #unemployed.

I'm searching for a job, on-site or remote. If you're hiring, please DM me, or at least send me a link or two? Please?

#GetFediHired

RE: https://chaos.social/@stk/116561064398097644

Danke vielmals fuer die vielen guten Antworten auf den Gedankenstrom <3

Ich habe das gerade recht spontan in einen Blogpost gegossen: „Was ist eigentlich die SPARK-Plattform?“
https://stefan.bloggt.es/2026/05/was-ist-eigentlich-die-spark-plattform/

Und es macht mich immer noch fertig, dass das – genau wie bei der Schlandstack-Timeline – _kein einziges_ Digitalpolitik-Medium bislang aufgegriffen zu haben scheint O.O

The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the
@eff, @OpenMediaOrg, @brave, @Vivaldi, and many more!

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories

Bad news 😔💔

I am sad to announce today that unfortunately I will not be working with Privacy Guides anymore after the end of this month.

Good news! 🚨  

I will be available for a new position or contract, starting in April!

I am looking for a position or contract for:

✊ Digital rights activist (with a specialty in privacy rights)

🔒 Privacy expert or consultant

 Fediverse and Mastodon advocate

🙌 Managerial position

📰 Tech journalist

💻 Technical writer

💚 Or any other fitting positions

I am especially interested in working with nonprofit organisations, cooperatives, open-source projects, privacy-oriented software companies, or any other organisations working for the public good.

🇨🇦 Remote from Canada

 All the work I produce is guaranteed to be AI-free

Let me know if you hear of any good opportunities!

#FediHire #GetFediHired #Tech #Jobs

I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

The app is now open source (AGPL-3.0), the app is free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making. F-Droid is an option, will have to look into that

In October 2025, a critical server-side flaw in Instagram made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view private photos and captions without needing to log in or to follow the account. Instagram silently patched the vulnerability.

Here’s how the PoC worked…

Credit: youtube.com/@jatinbanga4978

Writeup: https://medium.com/@jatin.b.rx3/i-found-a-bug-that-exposed-private-instagram-posts-to-anyone-eebb7923f7e3

Imagine a social network that can’t be bought, sold, or controlled by a billionaire.

A place where communities govern themselves, and your data stays yours. That's Mastodon. Join us in turning that vision into reality.

Donate to power people-first social media: #SupportMastodon

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

Exploit developers! I'm #hiring them! Specifically in the U.S. and UK!

We're growing even more than anticipated at VulnCheck, and I think this is probably going to be a kinda-sorta evergreen post. If you're into:

* Writing pre-auth RCE exploits
* Writing Windows exploits
* Writing IoT exploits
* Not stopping at exploits (detections, bypasses, ASM queries, scanners all in scope)
* Talking about vulns and exploits
* Writing about vulns and exploits

...then we want to talk to you! Roles are 100% #remote, but location matters — strong preference given to folks in Cheltenham, UK or MA / MD / TX here in the ol' US of A. No sponsorship or relocation, sorry!

Sound good? Hit me up or apply directly — evergreen UK JD is below, U.S. description coming soon! #remotework

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vulncheck/jobs/4009149009

The pictures now coming out of Gaza are truly shocking, and I ask all Israelis: “Who is going to pay for what your government has done?”

This is not the aftermath of a “hunt for terrorists”. This is the aftermath of indiscriminate bombings.

Your politicians let this happen. So who is now going to pay for this? Will Netanyahu pay this out of his own pocket? Does this fall on the Israeli tax payers?

Who do you expect to pay?

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself: https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor