Jeffrey Goldberg

@jpgoldberg@ioc.exchange
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Security geek. Dilettante academic. Political junky. Maker of bad math puns. He/they
Opinions represent the voices in my head.

For whatever it’s worth, my profile and toots are searchable with #tootfinder

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Jeffrey GoldbergMay 19
Steve BellovinMay 19
During college, I worked for a year at an IBM facility right next to the Columbia campus. Garwin had an office there with a big safe. The safe had a sign on it saying "Capacitance-Operated Alarm—Keep 4 foot distance". Now I know why… https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/home-page-91uottdbz/-/a-6XJ6S70-SUy-3LkCQAGhkg%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0
A Scientist Fighting Nuclear Armageddon Hid a 50-Year Secret

Enrico Fermi’s battle with cancer was nearing its end in late 1954 when he received a visitor. Fermi, a Nobel laureate in physics, had fled fascism in Europe and become a founder of the nuclear age, helping bring the world’s first reactor and first atom bomb to life. The visitor, Richard L. Garwin, …

The New York Times - By William J. Broad
Jeffrey GoldbergMay 17

#Disney should produce a limited more exclusive spin-off of #Andor called “Exor”.

#mathpuns

Jeffrey GoldbergMay 11
Adam Shostack  May 11
@stablehorde_generator draw for me old@man yells at cloud meme but the old man is yelling at cloud city
Jeffrey GoldbergMay 11
Show threadDeborah PickettMay 10
@jonobie “Weaving on a Jet Plane” was *right* there!
Jeffrey GoldbergMay 9

Does #Pope Leo XIV understand from his study of #mathematics that he cannot get the Cardinals in order without being pro Choice?

#mathpuns

Jeffrey GoldbergApr 29
OwenApr 28

Who's out there hiring experienced programmers and unix systems operators

a) in Toronto, and
b) _not_ working on AI-related products or services?

Jeffrey GoldbergApr 29
The “S” In “IoT” stands for security. https://infosec.exchange/@m8urnett/114421932799495947
Mark Burnett (@m8urnett@infosec.exchange)

I knew IoT software was notoriously insecure, but geez, there's like no security at all. Unchecked buffers, unvalidated updates, deserialization issues, and just about everything else in just about everything I have looked at. I mean colleges could just use them as-is for teaching what not to do. This is just so bad. I've stopped showering.

Infosec Exchange
Jeffrey GoldbergApr 29
evacideApr 3
Over at TechCrunch, the tireless @zackwhittaker has found new Android stalkerware that requires a password set by the abuser to uninstall and has a writeup on how to remove it: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/this-sneaky-android-spyware-needs-a-password-to-uninstall-heres-how-to-remove-it-without-one/
This sneaky Android spyware needs a password to uninstall. Here's how to remove it without one. | TechCrunch

A simple trick can remove malicious Android spyware apps that require a password to uninstall.

TechCrunch
Jeffrey GoldbergApr 29
Show threadNicole ParsonsApr 29

@ProPublica

The fossil fuel industry spent $445 million to achieve this destruction of climate science, and immunity from lawsuits.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

https://truthout.org/articles/big-oil-is-taking-a-page-from-gun-manufacturers-immunity-playbook/

At what point does the harmful conduct of this industry become a crime against humanity?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/trump-fossil-fuel-donors-data-centers

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/27/trumps-climate-policy-decisions-fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree/

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/07/the-number-of-lives-that-clean-energy-could-save-by-u-s-state/

Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

The Guardian
Jeffrey GoldbergApr 29
Rima I AnabtawiApr 29
I used to run Israel’s security agency – now I’m sounding the alarm about our extremist government Israel’s genuine friends abroad, from governments to Jewish communities, must mobilise to help us end this terrible war Ami Ayalon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I used to run Israel’s securit...
I used to run Israel’s security agency – now I’m sounding the alarm about our extremist government

Israel’s genuine friends abroad, from governments to Jewish communities, must mobilise to help us end this terrible war, says Ami Ayalon

The Guardian