Shout out to the guy in the grocery store who recognized my Real Bedford shirt. Thanks for the good convo. You are based sir, and will reap the rewards of life. @Peter McCormack
Ron Stoner
ron@stoner.com
npub1qjtn...z44v
Aspiring Chief Security Officer @ Nostr
Security isn’t just digital - it has a real world, physical component that many overlook. If you work or play in any disruptive industry, make sure to educate yourself, train, and take the necessary steps to stay safe. 🔫🔒📷
Over a decade working in cryptocurrency security teaches you a lot - who’s trustworthy, who's legit in their ideals, who’s a scammer, who's the thief, and how to spot the difference. At this point, nothing surprises me anymore.
The quality of technical troubleshooting has dwindled due to the advent of AI support tools. While one can appreciate the technical benefits of AI, the decline of critical thinking is becoming more apparent.
If you have a well trained support team, you have the advantage.
GM! 🌞
I got dishes in the living room, getting some Dawn
and the dishwasher running till 6 in the morn'
With my mind on my dishes and my dishes on my mind
I'll state it again that soon you will have to pay extra $$$ in order to drive your own car. Eventually it will be illegal to control a vehicle at all. Only the extremely wealthy and affluent will own and drive their own vehicles - but for recreation and fun instead of transport.
Traditional pagers use radio signals for communication, making it easy to broadcast anything. The pager itself can act on custom payloads and firmware, doing whatever one desires, but adding encryption and verification can also enhance the security of the communication.
London criminal explains how he steals phones
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1fezs7a/london_criminal_explains_how_he_steals_phones/
Scaling Proof of Work and consensus mechanisms are the way forward. It will take some time, just as it did with finance, but that's how you stop/reduce/mitigate the attacks.
Don't trust, verify.
#pow #wot #nostr
Not sure if this exists yet, but as the "aspiring Chief Security Officer" at Nostr, I’m starting to track known and major attacks on and from the Nostr decentralized network. Inspired by
@Jameson Lopp's Known Bitcoin Attack list. Feel free to PR and contribute as I know there are many I'm missing.
GitHub
nostr-attacks/README.md at main · ronaldstoner/nostr-attacks
A curated list of known public attacks on the Nostr network - ronaldstoner/nostr-attacks
Miiiiiiiiister Anderson. The slow ink movie (1 frame at a time) picture frame has been on fire lately.
Social media and content hosting platforms were never intended to preserve your content, posts, and submissions forever. What is meant to fade, should fade.
Don't collect what you can't protect.
Use strong keys, keep out thieves.
Verify twice, avoid the price.
Don't delay, patch today.
Shield your ports, strengthen the forts.
Encrypt in flight, sleep well at night.
Back it up, don't interrupt.
Encrypt your files, avoid the trials.
In the days of yore, when XP was great,
People installed, and sought keys to activate,
Through whispers and forums, they found their fate,
With the magic of FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8.
OPSEC applies to the entire Electromagnetic Spectrum. Think in multiple spectrums - or die.
Never meet your heros. You might find out they don't use 2FA and are fond of password re-use.
You did math extremely well, but just couldn't handle life at more than 5 amps at a time. Thank you for your service and now it's time to rest. RIP. 🫡
Expect massive amounts of reset codes, verification codes, and notifications over SMS and email that your accounts are being serviced/reset due to the recent SSN and other associated data breach. Some of these will be from legit support teams and some will be scammers.
Woke up this morning to two data breach notifications, an extortion threat, and a phishing email from a fake exchange. Let a guy have his coffee first, jeez.