Sometimes the people who schedule mentor time with me ask these really profound questions I really have to share (anonymized) in case somebody else runs into the problem. Here is one such piece of advice that came up recently:

Much like trying to change somebody you are in a romantic relationship with who is being toxic and abusive, you will never be able to change a toxic or abusive work culture at your employer. Becoming a manager will not enable you to do it, unless you are the child of the CEO and inheriting the entire company. Being promoted will not change it. You working harder will not change it. A toxic culture is a toxic culture. Stop trying to be a hero. You need to leave if circumstances allow it - for your own career and health.

If you use Mastodon through a computer, you can install a special browser extension called FediAct which lets you directly interact with other servers' websites:

 FediAct for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fediact/

 FediAct for Chome
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fediact/lmpcajpkjcclkjbliapfjfolocffednm

This can be very useful if you are following web links to other servers, for example in the listings on https://fedi.directory

FediAct is free and open source:
https://github.com/lartsch/FediAct

#Mastodon #FediAct

Experian has officially acknowledged my Dec. 23 report to them about a security weakness that exposed any consumer's credit file if you knew their name, address, SSN and DoB.

Experian says the weakness persisted on their site for 47 days, from Nov. 9, 2022 until three days after I notified them.

New story here:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/experian-glitch-exposing-credit-files-lasted-47-days/