Sean Gallagher

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Ars Technica IT and Natsec Editor.
Sean GallagherJun 10, 2017
Kicking back with a smoke, watching the cruise missiles launch. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/north-korea-hits-imperialist-aggressor-barge-in-coastal-cruise-missile-demo/
https://mastodon.cloud/media/Q3Xa20eEWbkIY214Y0w
Show threadSean GallagherJun 3, 2017
@Elizafox nah.
Sean GallagherMay 20, 2017

A work in progress: Dr Facepalm's Worm Book. With apologies to Dr Seuss.

https://mastodon.cloud/media/ee4WrE9F6IeoGWp7LoM

Sean GallagherMay 12, 2017

So, I wrote this thing about how Gizmodo phished the White House and bragged about it...apparently without thinking about the legal implications of trying to phish people...

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/gizmodo-went-phishing-with-the-trump-team-will-they-catch-a-charge/?comments=1

Sean GallagherMay 11, 2017
Just spent a week with my parents. Resupplied with dank dad jokes.
Show threadSean GallagherApr 28, 2017
@munin it's true.
Show threadSean GallagherApr 27, 2017
@munin @tinker yeah, I call it security folkways. In this case, I think it was just that they were using a template with an image to show where the RFID chip *should* go.
Sean GallagherApr 27, 2017
So Fox News spied on reporters Ailes didn't like, and possibly on a host he had fired after her sexual harassment suit was filed. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/former-fox-news-host-claims-company-hacked-her-stalked-her-with-sock-puppets/
Sean GallagherApr 27, 2017
@tinker @munin the cargo cult lives!
Show threadSean GallagherApr 21, 2017
@munin I thought it was "For sale: security policy, never used."