Aaron Soto

@surefire@infosec.exchange
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Teaching was my first love. Packets were my second.

I make classes to teach people how to defend themselves against hackers. In my spare time, I teach college students to compete in cybersecurity competitions, or try to take back my home automation from the cloud.

he/him 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️💜💙

(Profile banner is a sunset sky from underneath a bridge with kayakers and the edge of the Austin city skyline)

Twitter@_surefire_
Githubhttps://github.com/sure-fire

I love The Korean Vegan (Joanne Molinaro) for a lot of reasons related to her food blogging, but she's also a bad ass lawyer.

This YouTube Short is the first I've seen that explains really clearly what the warrant paperwork should look like if you're being asked to open your door (and don't just open the door - she explains).

https://youtube.com/shorts/qDnzbyLDHGo?si=u_hjcCtfvYRKNa4x

Before you continue to YouTube

"But it’s alarming how easy it is for smart device makers to decide that your property won’t work. There’s no easy solution to this problem. "

Uhhh ... yes there is. Use standard protocols or open the APIs. Every device that requires vendor-managed cloud control should be considered as having a limited lifetime, which could blow at any moment.

(I put my Dreo fans and Roborock vacuum in this category. i priced that into my initial purchase decision.)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/

#iot #smartHome

Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff

There’s no easy alternative, and IoT customers are paying the price.

Ars Technica
I took two pictures of Summer on our walk that might be my new favorites.
I am glad she isn't bothered by my phone in her face. She is a good sport.
I especially love the photo with all paws in the air. Summer is a high flying dog.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Validate your mastodon account by

Posting a picture of a shark or elephant stuffie.

Talking about #gravy

Installing Linux instead of "anything else"

Detailing in depth why AI doesn't work.

Posting 20 photos of your dog or cat.

Adding ALT text to all pictures.

Fed verse chick may not respond.

Everybody's been saying that the only warning system left for #Texas is Ted Cruz fleeing the state, so there needs to be a new system based on that.

Here it is!

#NWS #NOAA

@mrundkvist I'm getting a little tired of reading about all the studies that show UBI works well and pays for itself. I wish we'd stop studying and start implementing.
@grrlscientist

Who fucking cares if poor people abuse the system? Rich people do it every fucking day and y'all ain't bat an eye."

#poverty #WarOnPoorPeople #racism #misogyny #GreedyBastards #politics #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #tyranny #ProfitsOverPeople

Today I spent 2 hours kayaking on the Columbia River! It was very sunny with clear blue skies and beautiful views of Mt. Hood and the Oregon-Washington interstate bridge. 💙 #Portland
One question I commonly see in the @owncast community is how to set up a chat overlay on their stream. So, I decided to write a blog post on how I have mine set up in OBS Studio and how it works: https://logal.dev/blog/owncast-chat-overlay-obs-studio-setup/

I hope it helps someone out there!
How to Set Up an Owncast Chat Overlay in OBS Studio - LogalDeveloper

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Odin's grandhumans are in town today and brought him a squeaky rubber chicken. Fortunately for our sanity, he seems to consider squeaking a toy to be a failure state to be avoided, so he holds them gently. #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon
@0xabad1dea biiiiiiiiig gentle boi.

@octothorpe @0xabad1dea

My (much smaller) dog tends to fetch little chew toys (or stuffed animals from his human sibling's bedroom) and treat them like they're his puppies

He carries them around gently, just like Odin

The only squeaking that happens is that sometimes he "roleplays" the crying puppy before he puts it down in the nesting spot he's chosen

@trochee @0xabad1dea OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@0xabad1dea
Literally a Gentle Giant. ❤️

My old dog Bedlam would squeak them repeatedly until the toy reached its final failure state. Fortunately for me, she was so rough that the entire process from new toy to death took about 15 minutes.

@0xabad1dea

@0xabad1dea Maybe it's so loud it hurts his ears and that's why he's avoiding it?
@farbenstau I think he perceives it as the toy saying "ow that hurts :("

@farbenstau @0xabad1dea
My parents dog would never make her toy squeak either, but would come running if we made it squeak. That doesn't seem to me like it was hurting her ears.

I think it sounded to her like the toy was in pain, so she was very careful with it.

@0xabad1dea our neighbor Cooper, a Newfoundland puppy 4 yrs of age, seems of a similar mind re squeaking. Very genteel of him.
@0xabad1dea noe Thats a Good Boy!
(My dog is very cautious around sqeakies. We got her two in the first year with us but putvthem away. She goes into care and protect mode - no mouth, just gently positioning between her legs 🥺)
@0xabad1dea I had a large dog that liked to squeak them by pushing it with his nose. He also chewed on tennis balls like gum, they would occasionally pop in his mouth but it didn't matter. (They stayed in one piece, just lost their seal)
@0xabad1dea that is the canine equivalent of getting your grandchild a drum set.

@0xabad1dea I love Odin 💜

p.s. please don’t tell my Wicket as she thinks I only have eyes for her