Serge Egelman

@v0max.bsky.social

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Scientist. Dir. of Usable Security & Privacy at the International Computer Science Institute (icsi.berkeley.edu). Founder, AppCensus (appcensus.io). All opinions are those of his employer(s), and not his own.

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Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 7h

John Waters is the hero we need in these desperate times.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 8h

Could be worse. Got my daughter a new iPad. While opening it, she dropped it and it hit the corner of a glass coffee table, shattering the screen.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 8h

Jackson?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?

Caller: I am eight

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone remember the movie Gravity?

apnews.com/article/russ...

Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk's conquering of space

NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites.

apnews.com

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 1d

After moving a few years ago, both the buying and selling agents began regularly sending junk mail about new listings to the new address.

I’m not a marketing expert, but it would seem knowing someone just bought a house should indicate they are no longer in the market for a house.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

I donated a car to charity a few years back and my reward for it is a pretty constant barrage of emails asking me why the fuck I’m not giving them more cars

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

I donated a car to charity a few years back and my reward for it is a pretty constant barrage of emails asking me why the fuck I’m not giving them more cars

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 3d

Presumably because they’d like to continue to sell tickets!

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 3d

They made it illegal to sell lawn darts after one kid died.

“On April 5, 1987, seven-year-old Michele Snow was killed when a dart thrown by her brother's playmate penetrated her skull and caused fatal brain trauma.[8] The darts were purchased as part of a set of various lawn games and had never been played before the incident occurred.[8] Snow's father David began to advocate for a ban on lawn darts, claiming that there was no way to keep children from accessing lawn darts short of a full ban.[8][9] As a partial result of Snow's lobbying, in 1988 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission introduced an outright ban on lawn darts in the U.S.”

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 5d

This would actually make pretty cool wallpaper.

Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 6d

Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 6d

Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 6d

That frog looks like it failed at crossing the street :)

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, they don’t want to be in the position you’re describing, but that’s a far cry from not wanting “anything” to do with identity, their main competitive advantage.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 13d

I was commenting on the claim that they don’t want “*anything* to do with identity.” I’ve read enough internal PowerPoint decks lauding identity as their main differentiator that I did a spit take.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 13d

Internally, Meta literally refers to “identity” as their key competitive advantage…

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 14d

Or some recruiter out there wondering why the pen companies keep ghosting them, even though they keep bringing them lots of applicants.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 14d

This seriously makes me wonder whether a company like Cross or Waterman ever put out a "help wanted" ad and was *really* surprised at the applicants they got...

Reposted by Paul M. Schwartz, Daniel J. Solove, Serge Egelman , and 3 more Paul M. Schwartz, Daniel J. Solove, Serge Egelman, Torin Monahan, Woodrow Hartzog, Joshua L. Conver

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 14d

Preorder today. “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance.” #books

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 15d

Ah, yes, space, famous for its low-latency high-bandwidth connectivity options…

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 15d

These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."

It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15d

“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 15d

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15d

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 15d

NEW: Petco has taken down parts of its Vetco website after we discovered a massive data leak exposing customers' personally identifiable information (and their pets!) to the open web.

After flagging the leak, Petco still took four days to respond. Millions of customers could be affected.

Exclusive: Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers' personal information

TechCrunch found Petco's veterinary clinics were spilling customers' personal information and medical histories of their pets.

techcrunch.com

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 17d

"Alina Habba...resigns as New Jersey's Top Prosecutor"

How does one resign from a job they never held?

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...

In other news, I am hereby resigning as Director of OSTP, I won't be taking questions at this time.

Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor

www.nytimes.com

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 17d

It’s pretty fucked up how much modern society is shaped by paying deferrence to people’s imaginary friends.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17d

Good to know that the Supreme Court is now in the business of protecting our souls

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17d

Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17d

Good to know that the Supreme Court is now in the business of protecting our souls

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 17d

Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.