Mastodawn

Looking back at the proceedings of Usenix '84, the first time I was on a program committee (https://archive.org/details/1984-proceedings-summer-salt-lake-city/page/n3/mode/2up). There were two program co-chairs and *four* PC members… This year, Usenix Security has >400 people on its PC. ( @lauren, I see that you were at that conference, too.)

1984 Summer Conference Proceedings : USENIX Association : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

1984 Summer Conference ProceedingsJune 12–15, 1984Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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Steve Bellovin 5h ago

Fife4Europe #FBPE 6h ago

lbc.co.uk: JD Vance's secret service entourage 'demanding villagers' social media details'
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/jd-vance-secret-service-entourage-demanding-villagers-social-media-details-5Hjd8pc_2/

JD Vance's secret service entourage 'demanding villagers' social media details' | LBC

Furious locals have blasted US Vice President JD Vance and his security detail after Cotswolds locals were allegedly asked to hand over their social media details.

LBC

Steve Bellovin 7h ago

Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD 7h ago

An instant must-read from @SteveBellovin on why privacy-preserving age verification is both theoretically straightforward and practically impossible: "Privacy-Preserving Age Verification—and Its Limitations" https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/age-verify.pdf

Steve Bellovin 9h ago

I'm at Usenix Security in Seattle—and it turns out that Worldcon is in the same (massive) building. How I wish that they'd had a cross-registration agreement! (OTOH, it means that the Usenix attendees are not the strangest people wandering around…)
#usesec25

Steve Bellovin 9h ago

Adam Shostack

9h ago

Does anyone have a tool that'll convert https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/technical-sessions#switcher into a useful one page at a glance bit of paper?

Steve Bellovin 21h ago

Live, Laugh, Punch Nazis 23h ago

The author’s experience is universal. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/crimes-i-have-witnessed-as-a-resident-of-washington-dc

Crimes I Have Witnessed as a Resident of Washington, DC

“President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city’s police depar...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

Steve Bellovin 23h ago

StillIRise1963 1d ago

Now, everyone should understand why DC needs to be a state.

Steve Bellovin 23h ago

Kit Bashir 1d ago

To: All staff <staff@example.com>
Subject: [URGENT] Email deletion

If you have any old email in your inbox from Frederick Ironsides, late of the Accounting department, please delete them all immediately. A soul is tied to the mortal realm as long as its name is recorded, and we are unable to access the Compactus while this apparatus remains haunted. Your immediate attention to this would be appreciated, as it is obstructing the processing of payroll.

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Steve Bellovin 1d ago

United's in-flight map today really had no idea when we were going to arrive. And it continued that way for the entire flight.

Steve Bellovin 1d ago

The New York Times 1d ago

Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-newyorktimes

Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System

Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.

The New York Times

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