Mike Finch

@mkfnch@defcon.social
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Good designer, bad hacker. Either behind a desk or in the woods.
Websitehttps://mkfnch.com/
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Minors have privacy rights too.
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RT @keir_lamont
Wow, legislation in Utah that would (in part) require social media companies to build systems to allow parents/guardians to see every message sent+received by their children aged 17-and-under has passed both chambers by supermajorities. https://twitter.com/braileysanchez/status/1631055184985051138
https://twitter.com/keir_lamont/status/1631059087415824387
brailey on Twitter

“Utah SB 152 (the social media bill with age verification and parental consent requirements, among other things) just passed the House 60-11-4. It would be very surprising if the governor vetoes this. https://t.co/a7ToDBnmzp”

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Roses are red.
Roses are blue.
Depending on their velocity
relative to you.
just installed a new surveillance system 
Waiting for someone to make an artisanal search engine that only indexes manually verified websites written by humans. Farm-to-table organic search results, handmade with 100% certified human creativity, like your grandparents told you about.

Somebody asked whether dictionary-word passphrases (“correct horse battery staple”, like the ones generated by 1Password) are any good. Short answer: good means different things. Shorter answer: yes!

I’ll talk about why in a thread below.

how to talk to your child about hosting a fediverse instance
Excited to be working with @bitwarden March 9th at 9 AM PT to discuss VIP/Executive/Elevated threat model security recommendations! If you've got elevated access or have a coworker with elevated access and want to protect against account takeover, fraud, SIM swap, impersonation, etc this is going to be a fun conversation to participate in: https://hopin.com/events/hackers-guide-to-vip-security/registration?hss_channel=tw-762124520345964545&utm_campaign=%5BCM%5D+Community+Events&utm_content=235329631&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Just got a Rubber Ducky from @hak5 in the mail! Excited to take this baby out on the road. #Hak5

Computers used to scream out in pain when we connected them to the Internet.

This was a clue and we just didn't listen.