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Just a guy, doing things- biking, drinking, fathering, talking about my life, experimenting with awesome. Works in Cybersecurity Incident Response within HigherEd. He/Him
The thing about AI replacing analysts that I think is implicit to a lot of people who understand AI, but not at all clear to the people doing layoffs is this: adversaries use AI for automation and as a force multiplier too. Humans are the deciding difference in who wins, beyond equal automation.
The Salt Typhoon hack ended the debate on safe lawful access. State-sponsored attackers didn't just breach networks; they explicitly targeted mandated wiretap systems. Backdoors don't just weaken security; they become the ultimate prize for advanced adversaries. 1/2

"This could look like Nintendo blocking a Pikachu toy, John Deere blocking a replacement part, or even patent trolls forcing the hand of hardware companies. [...] Repressive regimes, here or abroad, could likewise block the printing of 'extreme' and 'obscene' symbols, or tools of resistance like popular anti-ICE community whistles."

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/14/eff_california_3dprinted_firearms/ #PressQuote

California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says

: Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print files

The Register
Also, the thing I've learned from all this is that the apocalypse is going to have a soundtrack and it's going to be barely passable rap music set over a Lego Movie Maker AI video.
Take it from me. Stepping away from toxic people is always conducive to getting more done on the important things.
Houston, I am a problem.

New #ransomware post!

Victim: www.campbell.edu
Group: incransom
Discovered: 2026-04-11 02:17:14.949000

@jeffowski

The need to evaluate men's ways of expressing emotion, and to judge that one is more "masculine" than another?

I'd be glad to see an end to that too.

They've been pulling it down from their site, but until recently Red Hat was proudly advertising how they could use AI to kill people more efficiently.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260402155236/https://www.redhat.com/rhdc/managed-files/ve-compress-the-kill-cycle-detail-693397pr-202402-en_3.pdf

Wayback Machine

Hegseth announces automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December. Any immigrant who doesn't register within 30 days of turning 18 can be criminally charged.
While absurd, practically speaking all this does is show MAGA hypocrisy. Somehow automatic voter registration isn’t possible—but automatic registration for the draft program is both possible and now required.
MAGAs don't want to make it easier for young people to vote—just easier for them to die in Trump's illegal wars.