Lorry

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Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower

Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff.

Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/

Why I left Match Group?

. https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary)
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2
. https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3
. https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff

You get the idea!

Old man shouts at clouds:

. First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988
. Oldest email address I use daily: 1989
. First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35)
. Oldest domain name: 1992
. First academic paper on social media: 1992

My Webloghttps://superhighwayman.com
Landing Pagehttps://untrusted.ca/lorry/
Github (emptyish!)https://github.com/Hacklet
Gravatarhttps://gravatar.com/lorry
Just my tootshttps://justmytoots.com/@lorry@infosec.exchange
Old mstdn.social tootshttps://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]ocial
Lorry4d ago

A late birthday present. Next time I need to get online on my Apple IIe, I will be well sorted!

#Apple #Computers #RetroComputing #Electronics #AppleII

LorryApr 14

Since I am on an accidental #nostalgia (naustalgia?) trip in trying to find old #MUD things, this one popped up on my Facebook feed which may amuse the #RetroComputing #VAX #VMS and #History of the #Internet folks.

This was UKNet's office in about 1994-1995

I think there are some #SUN and #SGI machines in there too, there definitely were somewhere.

#HashtagAbuse

LorryApr 13

This is still my favourite personal hackery/security story, and the only one I have ever written about where I am on the naughty-side of the desk.

Different times!

https://artofsecurity.com/2011/humble

#Security #InfoSec #Hacking #DEC #VAX #VMS #Teletype #Blog #History #UniversityofLeicester #FoiledAgain

LorryApr 11
QuaapApr 11
If it's tit for tat, the one offering tat is getting a much better deal
LorryApr 9

They are calling the bogroll guy "Warehouse Luigi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpqhREBFIoo

#Luigi #Bogroll #News #EatTheRich

Warehouse Luigi: “Should’ve Paid Us Enough To Live”

YouTube
LorryApr 9
The strangest thing about the #EFF leaving #Twitter is that ... Why the fuck were they still in that #NaziBar !?
LorryApr 9

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Show threadLorryMar 25

This is where I need #KevinMitnick - Mr #Mitnick had copies of all my legitimate old licenses :)

#Hacking #Archives

LorryMar 25

Where are all my #VMS license PAKs when I need them!

I used to have boxes of the damned things.

#Retrocomputing #losttechnology #Archaeology #Librarians

LorryMar 22
PatternChaserMar 22

"Late‑diagnosed adults describe finally learning they are autistic as both relief and grief: relief at having a name and community that fit, and grief for all the years spent fighting the unnecessary battles."

Yes!!! But not so much "grief" as RESENTMENT, for how unnecessary it all was and is. 😡

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202603/epistemic-injustice-the-great-gaslighting-of-autistic-lives

Epistemic Injustice: The Great Gaslighting of Autistic Lives

Epistemic injustice is the assumption that people, usually those with less power, are unable to correctly understand their own lives. It takes a tragic toll on autistic lives.

Psychology Today