Chris Herdt

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Infosec operations manager and cybersecurity instructor. Cyclist. Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Past life: sysadmin, web app developer, web monkey, help desk. Philly, Cincinnati, Birmingham, Portland, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Utrecht

Since all that is boring, ask me about the time I bought a school bus on Ebay.

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Webhttps://osric.com/chris/
Show threadChris HerdtMar 8, 2025

It's just so beautiful!

Except for that red message that says "failing"

Chris HerdtSep 13, 2023

I don't mean to criticize, but....

Just kidding, I do mean to criticize, this is useless and ridiculous. There was no previous message about anyone being missing, this is a waste of everyone's time.

Show threadChris HerdtSep 4, 2023
Here's another linocut I made in 2003 of one of my campmates, Chassy, taking a break between Potsal [sic] deliveries:
Show threadChris HerdtSep 4, 2023
Here is a linocut I made of one of my campmates, Sullywan, in 2003. (People often wear facemasks due to the dust and wind.)
Chris HerdtJul 22, 2023

I think the second-most important feature of the Zoom app, after joining a meeting, is creating a meeting.

Why is the icon to do that the tiniest gray icon in a random place on the page?

#zoom #ui #UserInterface

Chris HerdtJul 2, 2023

Here's how Snapchat's AI chatbot is doing. (For clarification, Heather Fantoche was a Twitterbot and sockpuppet account.)

#Snapchat #AI #chatbot

Chris HerdtJun 15, 2023

Some people are afraid that AI will destroy us.

Meanwhile, GMail can't even figure out that this is #spam

Show threadChris HerdtJun 7, 2023
Public shaming for Okta. Once I enabled Javascript I found absolutely nothing on the page that couldn't have been flat HTML. Absolute garbage.
Chris HerdtMar 18, 2023

I've run some cropped screenshots from my Pixel 6 Pro through https://acropalypse.app/, and although the recovered image has the full screen dimensions, the data is mostly (but not entirely) gibberish.

There may still be plenty of cases where this reveals sensitive data, though. #acropalypse

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