Rick Hunter

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Got roped into product security by sitting in the wrong cockpit at the wrong time.
@GossiTheDog I keep clicking the button, but nothing is happening!
@josephcox A non-trivial number of ER patients are physically unable to consent to anything. It's possible they decided the net benefit of having their nurses focus on the emergency rather than the notes overrode the concerns about privacy or accuracy. I'm not saying I agree with that analysis or that labor "savings" weren't part of it, but it's possible that was the thinking. I've been involved in trying to place IT infrastructure into Mayo before, and to say they overanalyze things in their GRC processes is an understatement.
Well done to the CEO of Krafton, who asked ChatGPT how to avoid paying $250m in bonuses if Subnautica 2 launched well, executed the ChatGPT plan, got sued by staff, had all the chat logs appear in court, lose, and now have to pay $250m and more and be publicly humiliated by his own employees.
cybersecurity 2025

My new post in the CERIAS blog:
https://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/more-than-the-code

Third in a series on AI hype. If LLMs cannot replace experienced people, what is the right preparation for a computing career? The capacities AI labs now hire philosophers to provide — communication, ethics, social literacy, the capacity to argue and interpret — are cultivated in the humanities and fine arts now being cut. Advice for students choosing electives, and food for thought for the rest of us.

New Myths for Old - CERIAS - Purdue University

The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is currently viewed as one of the world’s leading centers for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure.

The Canvas hack is "the biggest student data privacy disaster in history." For years critics have been warning about the centralization of EdTech. Well, millions of students being locked out is what happens when you do exactly that https://www.404media.co/the-biggest-student-data-privacy-disaster-in-history-canvas-hack-shows-the-danger-of-centralized-edtech/
'The Biggest Student Data Privacy Disaster in History': Canvas Hack Shows the Danger of Centralized EdTech

Messages could include "medical circumstances, accessibility accommodations, disputes, sexual assault allegations," and more.

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Today's #Muppets GIF of the Day is...

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras and zodiacal light is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

https://bsky.app/profile/alexjamesfitz.com/post/3milw6miovk2q

Astronauts are trained for decades in some of the most physically and mentally grueling environments of any career. They’re some of the smartest people on the planet. And yet, once they get up there, fucking Outlook is borked. https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/
Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.

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@campuscodi Thanks!