ToeJam85 

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I’m an ex-sysadmin who’s accidentally became an InfoSec Professional, I have no idea what I’m doing. Send help!
He/Him
Somewhere in a former European Country
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ToeJam85 Jun 3, 2025

Day 1 of #infoseceurope down and boy what a weird fever dream it was.

As a Neurodiverse embodiment of millennial “hacker” culture it’s so stuffy and corporate and WEIRD!
Vendors like “blinkentrace” selling shiny lights and dubious platforms, Startups with a business plan straight out of ChatGPT…

#Blackhat #defcon TAKE ME BACK!

ToeJam85 Oct 2, 2023

Been doing 2 days in the office for the past 2 months and I’ve had enough. This isn’t for me. It doesn’t work, it’s a waste of time.

I get less done and it’s just a painful excruciating experience.

ToeJam85 Jul 26, 2023

So now I’ve handed in my resignation, I can finally say something; The American Healthcare system is MENTAL.
I have spent 5 years working for a Healthcare adjacent org and it’s opened my eyes into just how insanely broken the entire system is.

I worry for all my fellow #InfoSec folks in the US, look after yourselves and your bodies.

ToeJam85 Dec 17, 2022
The Christmas wind down is in full effect, which means my infosec paranoia is up.
Experience has taught me this is the time of year to be on guard. Attackers know we all want to stop working and relax at this time of year.
Stay vigilant friends!
ToeJam85 Dec 11, 2022
Shoq 🌿Dec 11, 2022

What drove the internet in the 90s and 00s was that it was so cool to be doing good shit with it. Social media was like a giant manure dump all over that culture. We've never recovered.

The Fediverse and the death of Twitter promise a rebirth of that culture, if we don't let the cool kids and a lazy press bury the public in vapid bullshit again.

We wasted 16 goddamn years enduring Facebook and Twitter. In the end, they were both toxic and regressive. Can we please not go back there? Please?

ToeJam85 Nov 26, 2022
Show threadWolfie ChristlNov 25, 2022
After two years of negotiations with Microsoft, the joint committee of the German federal data protection authority and 17 state regulators (DSK) published a devastating statement that essentially says that organizations currently cannot use MS365 in a lawful way under the GDPR.
ToeJam85 Nov 16, 2022
@davecook for 20 years I’ve not been able to escape Dave Cook. Even on Mastodon!! Small world 😂
ToeJam85 Nov 11, 2022
Waldo JaquithNov 11, 2022
In defense of FTX, there was just no way to know that cryptocurrency was a house built on sand. I've certainly never heard anybody mention any concerns about it. Just a shocking discovery. I wish we'd all seen sooner that it's a Ponzi scheme, but there was no way to know.
ToeJam85 Nov 10, 2022
Another day in InfoSec another day of crushing imposter syndrome as I desperately try to keep my head above water and hope no one realises I don’t have a clue what I’m doing 😏
ToeJam85 Nov 10, 2022

Mastodon feels more like how I remember the internet through my rose tinted glasses. Back in the 90’s when it was a congregation of nerds running their own kit. Not the Faceless corporate hellscape it’s become.

When do we get IRC back? How do I reconnect with my fellow nerds?

I’ve been a Sysadmin for almost 20 years even though I moved into InfoSec 2 years ago I honestly haven’t get this invigorated about tech and networking in decades.