Hi Rust reversing fans - the recording of my talk at @REverseConf: Reconstructing Rust Types: A Practical Guide for Reverse Engineers, is available for you to watch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGLX7g2a-gw

#rust #rustlang #ReverseEngineering #reversing #malware #MalwareAnalysis #infosec

a few things i learned over the years working first in social justice nonprofits and then in various spots in a tech capacity:

- toxic workplaces are everywhere, including many many organizations that do lots of good things.

- if you end up in one and can’t afford to “just quit”—i feel ya, HATE the people whose only advice is “you should just quit”—be strategic and keep job hunting as you go. do not, i repeat, DO NOT give in and think “maybe it will get better.” it won’t, gtfo as soon as you can.

- if you don’t save yourself, nobody else will. i know it feels entirely too much but, for your own mental health, please stop giving everything you’ve got to that toxic place. save as much energy as you can and pour it into something that helps you get out of there.

and if i can help you, please do reach out. i’m dead serious, the people who know me, know. if i can make a connection for you, or even post on your behalf so you can stay anonymous, i’m very happy to do that. sending virtual hugs 💕

When Signal was designed, our threat model was protecting the communications of civil society, journalists, just regular citizens ...

The threat model of military operations & sharing your hate of Europeans was not what Signal was designed for. Ephemeral messages and cryptographic deniability are not fit for communications that require accountability.
But I appreciate their effort to make government more efficient by adding journalists to the chat instead of requiring to go through FOIA.