Florian

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I'm a fully blind (== no sight whatsoever) cybersecurity enthusiast wanting to learn more. Mostly interested in #penTesting and overall #redTeaming, I learn on expanding my knowledge and figuring out a set of tools, a curriculum and a methodology that works well for the demographic I am a part of, one I am intending to document as I go along, through talks, streams and blog posts.
Be it figuring out if the #OSCP process is #accessible, to how to get that pesky #bufferOverflow method down, these are the things i work on figuring out as I go through sources like #tryHackMe and friends :)
Githubhttps://github.com/zersiax
Twitchhttps://twitch.tv/zersiax
LinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/florianbeijers
Websitehttps://florianbeijers.xyz
FlorianMar 14
This ear, the CSUN #assistiveTech conference is being held in California. It's a place where global #accessibility leaders, and a bunch of companies in that space, come together to share ideas, food, and I'm sure sometimes other things as well. #iykyk
It's also a place where the newest #accessibility "innovations" are shown off to potential customers, and that's where today's stream comes in.
I'm a #blind developer and computer power user. Would I actually use these products? Am I happy they exist, and was I consulted? Let's find out :)
See you in an hour, 1 PM EST, over at https://twitch.tv/IC_Null or https://youtube.com/@viewpointunseen
#tech #blindness #csun #csunat #stream #selfPromo #twitch
IC_null - Twitch

Fully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.

Twitch
FlorianMar 4
FlorianMar 4
These days I rarely mention my streams here anymore because I honestly don't know if my followers are the crowd for them, but this one's a bit of an exception.
Over the month of February, @Ericbomb and others have worked day and night to organize the fifth "Games for Blind Gamers" Jam, essentially a month-long hackathon on #ItchIO where people interested in #gameDev try to create #games that are fully #accessible to the #blind.
For a few years now I tend to do a #twitch #stream where I go through the submissions, critique them from a player's and developer's perspective and boost the signal they are broadcasting in my own small way.
If you watch any stream of mine this year, I'd recommend it be this one. We're starting in an hour over at https://twitch.tv/zersiax
Zersiax - Twitch

Steam says these games are playable without sight. I'll be the judge of that. #actuallyBlind !discord !commands

Twitch
FlorianJan 16
David BombalJan 16

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

#DailyMotivation #inspiration #motivation #bestadvice #lifelessons #changeyourmindset

FlorianDec 30
FlorianDec 30
Welp ... I was just informed through a Slack DM that I will no longer be working at the place I'm working at in two weeks' time. That is, evidently, how we handle that now. Not entirely unexpected as the writing on the wall was evident, but still not loving that approach for reasons I haven't quite worked out yet.
If anyone needs help with their #accessibility from someone with both native #screenReader experience and a coding background, keep me in mind I guess :)
Located in the eastern Netherlands, primarily interested in remote opportunities.
#fediHired #layoffs
FlorianDec 27
Show threadelementaryDec 22

This year @zersiax joined us again for another round of accessibility testing. Installer views should all have much improved accessible labels. Thanks to this feedback, OS 8.1 can be installed and set up completely blind in most cases.

Thanks to feedback from @fireborn, Notifications and the Shortcut Overlay both added screen reader support. We’ve also improved screen reader labels in Calendar, In System Settings → Firmware updates, and in AppCenter to name a few cases.

#Accessibility #Linux

Show threadFlorianDec 27
For those who don't know me/this kind of stream, I am a fully blind (no sight, no monitor) streamer/hacker/gamer digging into the accessibility of all these topics, trying to highlight where improvements are needed, as well as show off how people can break barriers and step over thresholds while those improvements are (not) happening.
#adventOfCyber #accessibility #screenReader #aoc2025 #tryHackMe #thm #selfPromo #stream #tech #blindness
FlorianDec 27
I have been diligently at work working on the #adventOfCyber 2025 content again this year, checking the various tasks for #accessibility hurdles and, where possible, providing ways to dodge/hack around them. This wasn't always possible, but at least more possible than the last two years.
Today at 3 PM EST we'll blitz through the last 6 days on stream, showing that while #accessibility issues are rampant, a #screenReader user can absolutely complete the majority of these and might even learn a thing or two in the process!
See you in 6 hours over at https://twitch.tv/ic_null and/or https://youtube.com/@viewpointUnseen #aoc2025 #tryHackMe #thm #selfPromo #stream #tech #blindness
IC_null - Twitch

Fully blind person hacking, coding and tinkering while using a screen reader. THM, HTB, accessibility, all the things.

Twitch
FlorianDec 26
Been doing #adventOfCyber again and recording my findings ... #accessibility could definitely be better as a handful of rooms aren't even remotely doable with a #screenReader, but marginally less so than last year. I can't tell if this was deliberate or an accident though :)
FlorianDec 7

The similarities between #accessibility and #cybersecurity continue to amaze me.
These are both areas of standards, recommendations, legal precedents etc. that SHOULD, in theory, give companies the tools, as well as the insentive, to do what their clients/customers need them to do.
Is that the reality? Sadly, often, no it isn't. I just saw a renowned voice in the cybersecurity space repost a post that essentially states that if the infraction is cheaper/more lucrative than the fine, companies will choose the fine every single time. Frustrating, innit?

So what if I say the exact same thing is true for #accessibility and that the majority of GUI-based cybersecurity tools are not #accessible enough to be productive?

Here's a callout to #cybersecurity vendors. Are you going to fix this, or be a hypocrite? :) #tech

Show threadFlorianDec 4
Praise where praise is due though, I'm leafing through the tasks so far and a lot of my feedback from previous years DOES appear to have been taken into account this year. Images generally have alt text, files appear to be downloadable at least so far when you need them to be, ssh is available without having to do dumb hacks to enable it first. Color me pleasantly surprised so far (day 2). #tryHackMe #thm #AOC2026 #adventOfCyber #accessibility