K. Reid Wightman  🌻  

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Tinker, Sailor, Biker, Hi

I do industrial security research for a living, mostly looking for #vulnerabilities in all of the wrong places. I like reverse engineering how PLC logic systems function under the hood, learning how safety instrument protocols work, and figuring out what malicious threat groups are doing and can do with access to such systems. A long time ago, I invented the term 'foreverday' to describe unfixable vulnerabilities.

Occasionally I analyze #industrial #malware, too, and on very rare occasions encounter threat groups that actually write malicious logic to do the vile things that I like to learn about.

I work for a little startup in the space called Dragos. In my spare time I enjoy long distance #bicycling, #sailing, and doting on our #pets.

I used to have an account on , however I haven't used it in a while and you should no longer assume that it's under my control.

Trying not to be one of the 80% that can be moved in either direction.

LocationDes Moines, IA, USA, Planet Earth, second spiral arm around Sagittarius A
Pronounshe/him or they/them
Security LevelCurrently clean on opsec
Weird Pet Wednesdays?
I'd like to dedicate this song to the Microsoft Netlogon team in honor of CVE-2026-41089. And, really, just for buffer overflows everywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrZJ5C_Nwg
Kirin J Callinan - Big Enough (Official Video) ft. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis, Jimmy Barnes

Buy, Download or Stream Big Enough ft. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis, Jimmy Barnes by Kirin J. Callinan taken from the album Bravado https://KirinJCallinan.lnk.t...

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This post is excellent IMO, it nicely mirrors my feelings and the pitfalls I'm seeing (where people are writing things that they can't validate): https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

regular folks: "measure twice, cut once"
vibe coders: "ALWAYS tell your saw to CUT IN THE RIGHT PLACE"
This checks out 🧜‍♀️

Brilliant, the youth is not completely lost.

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#ai #punk #GenAlpha

EGAD stands for Exceptionally Good at Acronym Development.