Antoine

@antoine_nim@infosec.exchange
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mid-level veteran of the PKI wars. aspirationally coding. it's getting hot around here.

if downloaded app on MacOS "can't be verified" you can override via:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine downloaded_app.app

only if you trust the app.

@chpietsch @raiderrobert

The primary use cases for AI aren't improved customer service or accurate summarizations of data.

Based on the types of investors funding AI, the main goals of AI are:

1. Wage suppression
2. Automated & funded disinformation
3. Election interference
4. Stock market manipulation
5. Orwellian state surveillance
6. Thwarting climate action
7. Inflating fossil fuel usage
8. Suppression of dissent
9. Media manipulation
10. Money laundering
11. Distrust of expertise

I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp
I think the Chris Krebs situation really underscores that the "infosec industry" and the "infosec community" are very different things.

I am so fucking pissed about this Chris Krebs situation, I can barely put two salient words together. I stand with the EFF.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cybersecurity-community-must-not-remain-silent-executive-order-attacking-former

Blog post incoming with my plans, or what I can talk about publicly. Well, @codinghorror, you asked me to write more. I'm sorry it's not on a more optimistic note.

#krebs #pissed #fuckingdammit #whatthefuckisevenhappening

Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director

Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is critically important for us to speak up to ensure that essential work continues and that...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Watching dumb people doing really dumb things as fast as possible across as many things as possible.
If you're scooping up students off the street for writing op-eds, you're secret police, and should be treated accordingly.
The Slow Death of OCSP | Feisty Duck

Ross Ulbricht free. Is Edward Snowden next?
Stupid combined with petty no less.