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Scott Wilson

@scottwilson@infosec.exchange

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28+ year information security “professional”.

I'm a cishet, middle-aged, middle class, Christian, husband, dad, doggy-dad, and friend. I'm also a Stage IIIB #ColorectalCancer survivor. I like non-alcoholic #beer, #gardening and yardwork, playing guitar, and reading #books (mystery, thriller, suspense, #scifi, fantasy, astrophysics, and cosmology).

I’m supporter of #LGBTQIA rights, a #BlackLivesMatter advocate, a believer in #TransRights and proponent of equality. I support #Ukraine.

Currently clean on OPSEC. Only hand-crafted, artisanal memes. My profile photo is > 10 years old. My bad.

Posts are on auto-delete (1 week).

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Scott Wilson 3h ago

And listen, $800 is $800, and nothing to sneeze at… but the whole idea that ChatGPT allowed this lady to do something otherwise impossible… is garbage.

#ChatGPT #AI

Scott Wilson 3h ago

Maddie’s All Sorted 5h ago

It’s my birthday give me boosts 💅

Scott Wilson 3h ago

This article on ABC News talks about how a woman paid off $11,000 in debt with advice from #ChatGPT.

Halfway through the article:

‘ "My husband was actually like, 'Oh, didn't we have a brokerage account?'" Allan recalled. "There's $10,200 sitting in this account that is available. Like I could literally cry right now," she said in a TikTok video. ‘

Sooooooo, in 30 days, she paid off $800 in debt with “help” from ChatGPT.

What a shit article. #AI is shit.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/woman-chatgpt-helped-pay-off-11k-debt/story?id=123638700

Woman says ChatGPT helped her pay off over $11K in debt

Jennifer Allan says AI helped her focus on paying off her debt.

ABC News

Scott Wilson 4h ago

New #Deftones song just dropped! New album “private music” out 2025-08-22!

#metal #music

https://open.spotify.com/track/6vBRAhaSk91csuuWtttPf8?si=Yf9xdPBDQSO6p-mGlboaiQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0cysnMmyD2V1SK3JRhCfnG

my mind is a mountain

Deftones · my mind is a mountain · Song · 2025

Spotify

Scott Wilson 9h ago

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD 10h ago

"The new bike has opened up the city to us in a new way! It's so great! I'm never late to work anymore, because it only takes me 15 minutes now! I seriously only regret we didn't get it earlier!" -my friend after one month of cargo bike life

Scott Wilson 10h ago

Spocko 11h ago

Parody of the Bob the Builder and Manny the Handyman on Robot Chicken.'
You might think this is new.
But it's from 2009.

Scott Wilson 10h ago

Tim Hergert 10h ago

Scott Wilson 11h ago

In case you needed additional evidence…

https://niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-musk/
https://mastodon.social/@Viss/114824855892560434

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports

The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic

Nieman Reports

Scott Wilson 11h ago

Thomas 🔭🕹️14h ago

Imagine if we collectively spent just 10% of the resources that go into the AI bullshit hype machine on solving, you know, the myriad of existential problems humanity faces.

Scott Wilson 14h ago

My local #school system, affected by the #PowerSchoolBreach is migrating to a new platform called Infinite Campus.

How, in the Year of Our Lord 2025, does this system not support ANY KIND of multi-factor authentication???

But don't worry, according to their website, they absolutely take my security and privacy seriously...

https://www.infinitecampus.com/security

#mfa #infosec #privacy #cybersecurity