Hal Pomeranz

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Computer Forensics and Information Security, often with a spicy Linux flavor. Expert Witness. Trainer.
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Danielle and I went to No Kings in the Lake Baldwin suburb of Orlando Florida. This was an evening gathering because Danielle is not a morning person. But as you can see, her sign game is strong.

The main Orlando protest was downtown at Lake Eola in the morning. But several hundred people showed up and lined both sides of a major intersection for our protest. We waved signs and got a lot of positive response from passing cars.

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

Opening LinkedIn and a pop-up asks me how much I enjoy using the platform. Oh LinkedIn, you don’t want to know the answer to that.
@hal_pomeranz Never download and run random crap on your computer. Getting your AI agent to do it for you is way more efficient.
We've been telling people for years not to download and execute random crap on our phones/computers. And yet modern web pages, CI/CD pipelines, et al are simply aggregations of random crap from multiple sources that are downloaded and executed moment to moment on demand. Is there any wonder that the result is ruination?

I may regret this. You may regret this.

I've just put out a Linux forensics scenario for you all to play around with. There's a contest. You r submissions are due by 2026-04-15 23:59 UTC.

https://righteousit.com/2026/03/27/linux-forensic-scenario/

#DFIR #Linux

Linux Forensic Scenario

Introducing a contest based around a new Linux forensic scenario I created. Submissions for judging are due by 2026-04-15 23:59 UTC!

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Just got back from Spring Break, and my to-do list this week includes failing three students in my freshman-level academic writing class for using AI to write their papers. I used white font to implant some "invisible" instructions on the assignment sheet, so when they upload it or cut-n-paste it into an LLM, the bot follows the secret input, et voila!
BUSTED!
I'll be so glad to retire in May and never have to deal w/ this BULLSHIT ever again.
#teaching #writing
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