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Work: Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity, Office of Senator Ron Wyden. On a social media hiatus.

Official account of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium and the Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Next event: PETS 2026, July 20-25, Calgary, Canada.

Security Research Engineer @Cisco Talos. Past: Natsec/Infosec Editor Emeritus @ Ars Technica. Ex Navy officer and actual battleship sailor. Verified cat furniture. Bird paparazzo. Still mostly s***posting as @thepacketrat@twitter.com. Also federating @thepacketrat and @thepacketrat

IT, #security. #Privacy and #OSINT not my strong suit, but I'm still a fan.

"There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers"

I just want a peaceful life. A good life. And I want the same for you.

I own three axes.

I have done one physical pentest, therefore am the absolute authority on anything physical /sarcasm

Computer #security chap. Public speaker, blogger, #DoctorWho fan since 1972. Author of Jacaranda Jim and Humbug games. Co-host of Smashing Security #podcast. Needs haircut.

The dampest award-winning #infosec journalist at the conference. Covering privacy, security, and platforms for Wirecutter, previously of PCMag. Top image by Miguel Porlan for Wirecutter.
:bisexual_flag:
Proud #union member.
Former write-in candidate for Washtenaw County drain commissioner.
:think_bread:

Independent investigative journalist. Covers cybercrime, security, privacy. Author of 'Spam Nation,' a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter, '95-'09. Signal: briankrebs.07
krebsonsecurity @ gmail .com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkrebs

< Tech Systems & Policy Analysis: Internet, Privacy, plus his other sundry topics >
Los Angeles - lauren.vortex.com

👋 Hi, I'm Aaron, nice to meet you!
🍿 Most of the time I just post about whatever I find interesting.
📸 I do various higher quality projects every once in a while.
🦣 I’ve been somewhere on Mastodon since April 8th, 2021 :)

⛵️ Alt: @Linus_in_a_Bit
🌵 Note: My account automatically deletes everything older than 2 weeks.

Older posts that I think should last longer are achieved on my website.

Generalist technologist and product manager working in privacy, security, and trust & safety. Previously at: Tall Poppy, Brave, CPJ, Tor, Mozilla.

Alt of @tomlowenthal, boosting my infosec-related posts. Follow this account if you want just the work-related goodness. Follow my main account for everything.

Profile header by Lorenzo Herrera on Unsplash.

Displaced Philly boy. Threat hunter. Educator. :ifin: Executive Director. #infosec, #programming #rust :rust:, #python :python: #haskell :haskell:, and #javascript :javascript:. #opensource advocate. General in the AI Resistance. Runs @thetaggartinstitute. Made https://wtfbins.wtf. Not your bro. All opinions my own. Dad. #fedi22 #searchable

Pronouns: He/him.

Orange Cyberdefense's SensePost Team

just an ordinary #debugger :binaryninja: | subjectively objective. 🏴‍☠️⚖️

#voidlinux #zettelkasten #p2p

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IT Professional
Cybersecurity Student
Bassist
Former Googler
Podcast Editor

social scientist⸺analyst
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predominantly occupied with the Russo-Ukrainian war
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boosting random stuff of personal interest such as Central & Eastern European politics, visual art or occasionally shitposts
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boosts ≠ endorsements