Christopher Francia

@wmfrancia
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Founder Megara Inc. Inventor of Spartan. Mental Health Advocate. Former #AdTech Exec. DMs Open. #dei #impinv
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Nice write up, but of note regarding Bitwarden: I don't think another code audit of Bitwarden is a bad idea, but they have gone through and are very transparent about their code and security reviews https://bitwarden.com/help/is-bitwarden-audited/

Compliance, Audits, and Certifications | Bitwarden

Review information about third-party security audits, our open source codebase, and our zero knowledge encryption model.

Bitwarden
"Their statement is also full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies." https://palant.info/2022/12/26/whats-in-a-pr-statement-lastpass-breach-explained/ #LastPass #infosec by @WPalant
What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained

The LastPass statement on their latest breach is full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies. I’m providing the necessary context for some of their claims.

Almost Secure
Okay so I have been using LastPass but now, in light of the second major breach wish to change. Any recommendations? #LastPassHacked #recommendations
40 degree swing in 4 hours. Crazy. #weather #storm #cold

All jokes aside, remember what Christmas is really about, people.

Rich people being terrorized by spectres until they agree to pay their employees a living wage.

I spent a good part of this year investigating Google's ad business. Today we published a story about trying to crack open its black box ad network.

Unlike its competitors, Google conceals nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We found that Google's vast ad network contains manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.

Give it a read: https://www.propublica.org/article/google-display-ads-piracy-porn-fraud

Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire

Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.

ProPublica
Anyone else think Aubrey Plaza is just a real life Wednesday Addams?
Tried posting to twitter never seen this before. #riptwitter #funny
Serious question what is the cost to host a @Mastodon instance out of the gate? Like on AWS. #technology #code
Also don’t forget @Mastodon is open source so all you former #twitter #dev feel free to start contributing code to it to make it better