I'm a retired, General Officer level U.S. Army Intelligence leader who's been in INFOSEC since the 1980s, when it was mostly mainframes & Novell. Certifications came after, when I was off leading in the PSYOP / counternarrative side of IO, so I don't have any & cannot claim to be any sort of technical expert--but I can still (in sha' Allah) talk intelligently with folks who ARE technical experts & help connect such discourse to strategic outcomes.
I'm also coming onboard as Associate Director of an academic Global & National Security Policy Institute, a Twitter refugee sold on the fediverse as the most resilient architecture to avoid getting co-opted by billionaires or governments, an observant Muslim & aspiring alim, and a senior EDUCATIONAL Technology scholar.
As I said in my old Twitter bio, "Yep--weird." :-D
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@lawfare/116329881887083448
I know it's a small detail, but private companies that decide to take up cyber-privateering will quickly find themselves legitimate targets for both kinetic and non-kinetic attacks, wind up uninsurable as unlawful combattants, and will place themselves and their staff at risk of arrest, seizure, extradition, trial, and imprisonment when they travel abroad for business or pleasure.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@DaveMWilburn/116329930402205855
This happened to some Anonymous folks a few years back. Anybody who chooses to do this without a full-fledged kinetic military behind them (and sometimes even WITH) needs to START by acknowledging that its A FORM OF WARFARE, and in war, people die.
Sometimes its even YOU. If you're OK with that, have at it. I consider those Anonymous kids martyrs. Just know what youre getting into.
RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116325852395653023
LLM Coding: the #enshittification OF ENSHITTIFICATION. #HowVeryMeta
cc: @pluralistic
Chancellor #AgolfShitler to address the nation, preparing America for his SECOND surrender to victorious Islamists, as his #OperationEpicFail heads for inglorious defeat. #TACO
#EpsteinVerseilles is on hold--ma sha' Allah! #MarieDontoinette can die in his rage (if #MohammedBoneSawman doesn't get him first for telling a REAL king to kiss his a** and play nice!).
Hey, great idea! And since THEY didn’t cause the problem in the first place, maybe the best way for them to DO so is, you know, TO STAND UP FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW by siding with the people of Iran against this unprovoked war of aggression by the #Donjjal and #IsraelAtWarCrimes....
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/trump-strait-of-hormuz-oil-prices-00851611
Dave Wilburn 
Heidi Li Feldman
Steve Herman
Electronic Frontier Foundation