Haroon Meer

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Security Geek at Thinkst. We build https://canary.tools (he/him)
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Our #CyberUK booth had this ugly power-cable that couldn’t be hidden.

Fixed!!!

It’s so clear that AI will change the world – Just look at how it’s changed the writing rule of 3¹.

What used to be naturally pleasing is now immediately annoying, irritating and suspicious..

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¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(writing)

Rule of three (writing) - Wikipedia

Public opinion really matters to listed companies.

When new tech trends grab headlines, they often have to show the market how “all-in” they are on the $new-thing

Years later they can admit it never [took off|actually worked|made sense]

Focusing on the product still wins.

My 9 year old vibed a Replit app that we now use to track our weekly padel matches. With individual logins, one side submits scores and the other approves it.

So much of this makes my head spin.

She has no idea (or care) about its language/servers/architecture but.. it’s live on the internet, deployed with a domain and usable.

She doesn’t know how we used to provision servers and configure the db and.. but also, I wonder if that will be necessary knowledge for her again..

I'd never seen this closing keynote by @haroonmeer and @sawaba from #VB2019 before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHuQC1qLnJ4

Its well worth your time, will probably be relevant forever and its along the lines of Haroon's old 'a market of lemons' blog post.

Keynote address: The security products we deserve

Auf YouTube findest du großartige Videos und erstklassige Musik. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder mit der ganzen Welt teilen.

YouTube

I’ve avoided saying it for a bit, but in a world where everyone can find/exploit everything easily - what you need more than ever, is knowing when serious attackers are exploring your “internals”.

It’s where @ThinkstCanary shines..

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¹ for values of [everyone|internal]

Pointless Sunday InfoSec hot-take:

One of the biggest, unsolved problems in infosec, is our incarnation of the Dunning–Kruger effect.

This grows worse over time, because:
- years in the industry ≠ skill;
- this take is easily mistaken for gatekeeping.

As someone who has kinda questioned Apples constant push towards thinner laptops, I have to admit: the iPhone Air is the first iPhone in a long time that makes you double-take every time you pick it up..

Just impossibly thin/light/beautiful..

A quick thought on RSAC (while flying home).

On why the show floor keeps making promises it cant keep (and why Dave Aitel actually had a valid point¹).

https://blog.thinkst.com/2026/03/rsac-infosec-themes-and-crumby-products.html

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¹ All those years ago

RSAC, Infosec-themes, and crumby products

Why is the RSAC floor so dominated by promises that can’t be kept? Because incentives..

Thinkst Thoughts

Important, business-critical need..

A sticker vendor aware of Apples corner radius..