K. Reid Wightman  πŸŒ»  

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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
The Metaverse.
TFW you're trying to find a comparison between two models of the same embedded processor family and your first 40 search results are all clearly AI slop articles that are pages and pages of drivel...
C Y B E R U N I L A T E R A L I S M

I have a few old documents in .tex format and I had to update one recently.

Do other people refer to it as 'compiling' a tex document? I always thought of it that way. I started managing certain complex documents with a makefile, since it is usually a multi-step process (latex then ps2pdf). This really drove me to call it a compilation process...

if i’m having a bad day
a bicycle ride makes it go away
if i’m having a bad year
my two wheeled device is always near
if i’m having a bad life
the bike can end my strife

vogon poetry written on a 50 mile ride

Me explaining to my wife how Afroman winning his trial is a turning point and maybe we aren't in the Darkest Timeline after all.
@jwz
Love how he stood his ground in front of court.