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 · 2d

Wasn’t Cuomo supposed to move to Florida now? Is someone checking in on how that’s going?

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, sorry, was on my phone…wasn’t going to copy/paste all of the actual text.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 3d

Someone just sent me the PDF this morning…

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6d

We did it for you Dick Cheney

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 6d

As surreal as this whole thing already is, it can only be made better by the defense calling a rebuttal witness, the Sandwich Artist, who will testify that no mustard was put into the sandwich ordered by the defendant.

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6d

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law, Nandita Sharma , and 23 more Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law, Nandita Sharma, Brendan Nyhan, Gavin A. Schmidt, Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, John Horgan, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jonathan M. Gilligan, American Library Association, Michael J. Allen, Richard Waite, Jack N. Rakove, Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson, Robert Wolfe, Jacob T. Levy, Serge Egelman, James Goodwin, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Daniel Kuehn, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Aviel Roshwald, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6d

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

(Err, rather, the sin is giving one.)

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

At @theonion.com, they don’t miss.

Fake ad in The Onion for Adobe: “Experience the magic…of buying new software, every month, forever.”

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

Dude, the first cardinal sin is never giving a live demo…ever.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 11d

Following the Resignation of Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma schools chief who was a fan of Libs of TikTok, mental health is improving among young people in the state.

Who could have seen this coming?

www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...

Crisis calls among Oklahoma LGBTQ+ youth drop after Ryan Walters quit his job as the state’s schools chief

“The relief expressed by callers is palpable, and we are grateful for the positive impact his departure has had on the mental well-being of our community,” Rainbow Youth Project director Lance Preston...

www.advocate.com

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

It’s somewhat notable that the only punishment amongst the royal family for rape is “you can’t call yourself ‘prince’ anymore.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Breaking News: Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is being stripped of his title as prince, Buckingham Palace said. nyti.ms/4oQeykJ

Prince Andrew with grey hair, wears a dark suit with a yellow tie. A headline reads: "Prince Andrew to Be Stripped Of His Royal Title." Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Breaking News: Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is being stripped of his title as prince, Buckingham Palace said. nyti.ms/4oQeykJ

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

All your water and electricity are belong to us.

Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 11d

“We will increase our total AI capacity by over 80% this year, and roughly double our total data center footprint over the next two years, reflecting the demand signals we see,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said.

sherwood.news/tech/microso...

Microsoft: Forget what we said, we are going to keep spending on capex

Last quarter, the company offered guidance that its capex spending would be lower in the second half of the fiscal year. Yesterday it said spending...

sherwood.news

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

I used to drive regularly through West Virginia and was always amazed at the number of cars/houses with confederate flags. My thought was always, “you all seriously need to read up on the history of your state.”

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 11d

Microsoft: Forget what we said, we are going to keep spending on capex

Last quarter, the company offered guidance that its capex spending would be lower in the second half of the fiscal year. Yesterday it said spending...

sherwood.news

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the Pentagon carried out another "lethal kinetic strike" at President Trump's direction on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four men.

Pete Hegseth says U.S. carried out another strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean, killing 4 people

The defense secretary's announcement marks the 14th known strike the U.S. has conducted on alleged drug traffickers in recent months.

nbcnews.to

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

It shouldn’t be lost that Meta was just found guilty of having violated CIPA and currently has a ~$12b judgment against them.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 11d

This is part of a global push to roll back privacy laws by companies that are constantly in trouble for violating privacy laws.

Here in California, they’re currently trying to amend CIPA (state wiretapping statute) to legalize wiretapping for “commercial purposes.”

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11d

At a time when US-based social media companies are platforming far right extremism in the EU, Meta is trying to get the Irish government to front their assault on EU privacy laws.

web.archive.org/web/20251030...

Data protection rules ‘completely out of control’, Meta tells Government

Facebook owner asked Government to lead pushback against data protection laws at EU level

web.archive.org

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11d

Data protection rules ‘completely out of control’, Meta tells Government

Facebook owner asked Government to lead pushback against data protection laws at EU level

web.archive.org

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 12d

I gave a talk at CMU today! It's been fun being back.

CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 12d

Day 2 of the @cylab.bsky.social Partners Conference has featured some insightful talks on system and hardware security, #crypto, and #blockchain, as well as the CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award lecture by Serge Egelman (@v0max.bsky.social), Founder and Chief Scientist at AppCensus.

Photo of Serge Egelman giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Lorrie Cranor, CyLab Director, presenting the 2025 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award to Serge Egelman

Photo of Riccardo Paccagnella giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

Photo of Rose Silver giving a lecture at the 2025 CyLab Partners Conference

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CyLab @cylab.bsky.social · 12d

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13d

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 14d

How is this a new thing? Photoshop has existed for more than 3 decades. There’s no way people weren’t doing this before AI.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 14d

AI-generated receipts make submitting fake expenses easier

Software provider AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for about 14% of fraud attemps.

arstechnica.com

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 15d

I was part of a working group last year on a framework on software liability, which was going to be pushed by a Harris administration. This—default device passwords—was discussed in the context of standards of care (minimum reqs to avoid liability).

But anyway, we can’t have nice things.

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 15d

This is required for the EU market now under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)!

www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Un...

Hopefully there will be some spillover to other markets.

www.bsi.bund.de

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Tracy Rosenberg @twrling.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: On January 1st, 2026, Californians will be able to use the #DROP system to send delete requests to all 500+ #databrokers in the state registry at once and for free. #Privacy Put this in calendar to do on day one! You can find out more here. privacy.ca.gov/drop/

Coming soon: Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP)

privacy.ca.gov

Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 15d

Slip and slide base lines.

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 16d

Completely fix baseball with five words.

Reposted by Ashish Arora, American Library Association, Daniel S. Goldberg , and 1 more Ashish Arora, American Library Association, Daniel S. Goldberg, Serge Egelman

Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 16d

Completely fix baseball with five words.

Reposted by Mark A. Lemley, Scott L. Greer, Juan Cole , and 7 more Mark A. Lemley, Scott L. Greer, Juan Cole, Daniel W. Drezner, Jacob T. Levy, Serge Egelman, Bessma Momani, Samantha Brennan, Sarah Roberts, Prakash Kashwan

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 17d

The UC Regents finally released the “settlement agreement” the Trump administration proposed in August. It’s a doozy.

UC alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, donors—and all citizens of California:

Now is the time to let the UC Regents know you do not want them to sign this bad deal.

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Jan W. Mueller, Rebecca Solnit , and 4 more Michael E. Mann, Jan W. Mueller, Rebecca Solnit, Jennifer Bussell, Sanford F. Schram, Serge Egelman, David Rosnick

Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 17d

Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.

Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.

EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...

ucop.edu

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