Jeremy Epstein

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Security geek. Program officer for NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program. Opinions my own. Chair of ACM US Technology Policy Committee. Founder of Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security SWSIS.org. Proud dad of @depstein and two others not on this platform yet. Proud FIL of @RJELevi and one other. Also @jeremyinfosec on Twitter at least for now.
Happy 4th to everyone not pleading the 5th about the 6th
Meet “Ugly Gerry” - a #font using outlines of gerrymandered US congressional districts.

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are Pump-and-Dump schemes, while others are Pyramid schemes. Others are just middlemen skimming off the top. Others are just standard-issue fraud.

Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.

Today in 1983, 40 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

#OnThisDay

I feel unloved. I wasn't on Nixon's enemies list, or Trump's. And now I can't get banned by Elon. What am I, chopped liver?
New UC Berkeley report funded by Tusk Philanthropies concludes internet voting is not ready for prime time. Pleased to have been part of the group developing this piece. https://gspp.berkeley.edu/faculty-and-impact/news/recent-news/csp-working-group-findings-on-mobile-voting
CSP Working Group Releases Statement on Developing Standards for Internet Ballot Return | Recent News | News Center | Faculty and Impact | Goldman School of Public Policy | University of California, Berkeley

MS Office recent versions auto-save, whether you want them to or not, and there's no way to undo the changes if you don't realize until after the file is closed. This is NOT always the right decision - just screwed up a legacy file by accident... Grumble... get off my virtual lawn.....
I'm oldtimer on this platform - almost two weeks!, guess it's time for an #introduction. I'm a computer scientist, mostly interested in security topics, especially elections security. Day job is at the National Science Foundation where I lead the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. Also lead ACM's US Technology Policy Committee which develops tech policy statements. Founder/director of Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security - wanna make a donation? All opinions mine!

What surprised me in this article was that I was unaware Budweiser sold beer.

Qatar, in reversal, bans alcohol sales at World Cup stadiums

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/18/qatar-world-cup-beer/

Qatar, in reversal, bans alcohol sales at World Cup stadiums

Qatar, a conservative Muslim country, strictly limits the sale of alcohol and bans its consumption in public places. It had made exceptions to those rules for the World Cup.

The Washington Post
I think the odds are 50/50 that Musk is deliberately wrecking Twitter. $44B isn't that much to him, and maybe he's doing it to help TFG or China or ??? Surprised I haven't seen speculation or analysis - what am I missing?