Red Tahr

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foolishly deleted my original account six years ago during a get-off social media kick :-/
programmer (mobile/web, embedded adjacent), infosec-curious, neurodivergent/socially-challenged, runner.
Red TahrFeb 22
Twelve years on and the world is still in much need of leadership training.
Jackson Katz: Violence against women -- it's a men's issue https://www.ted.com/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue
Jackson Katz: Violence against women -- it's a men's issue

TED
Red TahrFeb 6
#discworld
Having cover art for different markets adds a layer of annoying complexity to completing our set.
I like some of the other art, but only need one collection, and that needs to be the original art work thank you very much.
Red TahrJan 14

#curl with trace, fantastic.

Devs on both sides of an API were adamant nothing had changed.

curl casually indicated the server doing the 403 response was awselb/2.0

So not the API endpoint, not the devs making the request.
It’s a computer in the middle that decided requests without user-agent would get 403.

At least the requesting devs worked that out to get things back up and running.

Show threadRed TahrOct 28
Let the game of “spot other potential con attendees” begin
Red TahrOct 28
#chcon_nz log 2025.10.28.18
have safely arrived on the edge of the Canterbury plains
found food purveyor who sells #guinness
bodes well for future meals at this years con
Red TahrSep 9, 2025
Zack WhittakerSep 9, 2025

I asked Plex a bunch of questions about its data breach of user account information, but the company wouldn't say why it hasn't force-reset its users' passwords and is instead asking users to do it, or said how and to what degree it scrambled those passwords.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/plex-urges-users-to-change-passwords-after-data-breach/

Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach | TechCrunch

Plex said that it was aware of a security incident involving the theft of Plex customer account information, including user names, email addresses, scrambled passwords, and unspecified authentication data.

TechCrunch
Red TahrSep 6, 2025
InfoSecSherpaSep 6, 2025

Want to see which #InfoSec and/or #DataPrivacy news items you may have missed from this past week? I got you, boo.

Information Security and Data Privacy News Items from this past week Monday, September 1 - Friday, September 5, 2025
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/five-for-friday-for-september-5-2025

Red TahrAug 26, 2025
Kereru Brewing CoAug 26, 2025
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Red TahrAug 20, 2025
Blood Orange #Lindt aren’t too bad.
Milk #chocolate, left in the fridge they’re still too sweet, but the flavor profile is pretty good.
Red TahrAug 11, 2025
Show threadJayneAug 9, 2025
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