Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy

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The dampest award-winning #infosec journalist at the conference. Covering privacy, security, and platforms for Wirecutter, previously of PCMag. Top image by Miguel Porlan for Wirecutter.

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Former write-in candidate for Washtenaw County drain commissioner.
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I made this a few years ago, to compare the size of the entire screen on an original 128k Mac with the size of the Safari icon on modern macOS. Enjoy!
Somehow missed this earlier in the week, extremely weird behavior.
https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-edge-password-manager-storing-credentials-plaintext
Microsoft Edge storing passwords as plain text? Microsoft responds.

A cybersecurity researcher discovered a big potential issue with Edge's password manager.

Mashable

There is one week left on the Runaway to the Stars Kickstarter! If you wanted to get in, remember to do it soon!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/runaway-to-the-stars?ref=bftk76

Skinless, boneless, recoilless chicken thigh.
Some days, you just send dozens of emails.
Chex wants to know if you like pigeons.

I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses.

Full package: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/dake-kang-garance-burke-byron-tau-aniruddha-ghosal-and-yael-grauer-contributor-associated

AI voice on phone: hello. this is an automated call from Google. a customer has asked if you sell: hacky sacks.

Me: ...no?

AI voice on phone: thank you. goodbye