Brooks Gentry
@brooksgentry.com
still printing recipes like mapquest results
travel, ⚖️, cybersec, megacity cycling, murals/graffiti, 🏇🏻, slubby selvedge, complex flavors, music shows, hikes, Cycladic art, nice baseboards, & helping others bring me joy
i smile in hopes you do too
May 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Time will tell, but concern for court systems & databases should be 🆙
As everything shifts, terminations, chaos, security maintenance will decline & vulns will appear.
Court systems & databases house an astonishing amount of personal, financial, & other protected information. 👀
🛡️🎯🕷️🥷🏼
#cybersec
As everything shifts, terminations, chaos, security maintenance will decline & vulns will appear.
Court systems & databases house an astonishing amount of personal, financial, & other protected information. 👀
🛡️🎯🕷️🥷🏼
#cybersec
March 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Time will tell, but concern for court systems & databases should be 🆙
As everything shifts, terminations, chaos, security maintenance will decline & vulns will appear.
Court systems & databases house an astonishing amount of personal, financial, & other protected information. 👀
🛡️🎯🕷️🥷🏼
#cybersec
As everything shifts, terminations, chaos, security maintenance will decline & vulns will appear.
Court systems & databases house an astonishing amount of personal, financial, & other protected information. 👀
🛡️🎯🕷️🥷🏼
#cybersec
If you own #Bitcoin and want to stop using Coinbase or other wallets, consider @proton.me and their new crypto wallet. Only Bitcoin for now, but more coins hopefully coming in the future.
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you own #Bitcoin and want to stop using Coinbase or other wallets, consider @proton.me and their new crypto wallet. Only Bitcoin for now, but more coins hopefully coming in the future.
US current politics will be a true test of American capitalism as profits and losses shift dramatically over the next few months. Corporations will need to hold the government accountable should profits fall. Deregulation seems enticing, until it backfires and profits tank.
Shareholders beware.
Shareholders beware.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
US current politics will be a true test of American capitalism as profits and losses shift dramatically over the next few months. Corporations will need to hold the government accountable should profits fall. Deregulation seems enticing, until it backfires and profits tank.
Shareholders beware.
Shareholders beware.
US attorneys must look at all 922 pages of the 2025 Manifest of Leadership to see the future and find choke points to preclude legal success. That doc began w/ Reagan, just tweaked by Heritage for 2025. Predicting the next legal moves is clutch, & the citations are already there to argue against.
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
US attorneys must look at all 922 pages of the 2025 Manifest of Leadership to see the future and find choke points to preclude legal success. That doc began w/ Reagan, just tweaked by Heritage for 2025. Predicting the next legal moves is clutch, & the citations are already there to argue against.
Nvidia will be providing the IRS the AI it's looking for
February 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Nvidia will be providing the IRS the AI it's looking for
Will the strength of our judicial system bear the weight or crack and crumble?
The more cases, the better
www.eff.org/press/releas...
The more cases, the better
www.eff.org/press/releas...
EFF Sues OPM, DOGE and Musk for Endangering the Privacy of Millions
NEW YORK—EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders led by Lex Lumina filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing millions of Ameri...
www.eff.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Will the strength of our judicial system bear the weight or crack and crumble?
The more cases, the better
www.eff.org/press/releas...
The more cases, the better
www.eff.org/press/releas...
As is often the case, another judicial decision, one of major consequence, hinges on one word.
This time it's "jeopardy"
This time it's "jeopardy"
February 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
As is often the case, another judicial decision, one of major consequence, hinges on one word.
This time it's "jeopardy"
This time it's "jeopardy"
how ironic it will be when the next presidential immunity case gets to the Supreme Court, which can't wait to grant Cert, and in one magical opinion precedent will matter again
February 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
how ironic it will be when the next presidential immunity case gets to the Supreme Court, which can't wait to grant Cert, and in one magical opinion precedent will matter again
FYI
if you were early to Bluesky,
2FA is available
but you need to Enable it
if you were early to Bluesky,
2FA is available
but you need to Enable it
January 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
FYI
if you were early to Bluesky,
2FA is available
but you need to Enable it
if you were early to Bluesky,
2FA is available
but you need to Enable it
Branch Metrics,
Apptentive,
Adobe,
New Relic,
Google,
Salesforce,
Mixpanel,
Urban Airship,
just to name a few,
get so much personal data from apps,
often including gps coordinates
and first and last name.
What is the unique identifier doing, or not doing, in those cases?
Apptentive,
Adobe,
New Relic,
Google,
Salesforce,
Mixpanel,
Urban Airship,
just to name a few,
get so much personal data from apps,
often including gps coordinates
and first and last name.
What is the unique identifier doing, or not doing, in those cases?
December 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Branch Metrics,
Apptentive,
Adobe,
New Relic,
Google,
Salesforce,
Mixpanel,
Urban Airship,
just to name a few,
get so much personal data from apps,
often including gps coordinates
and first and last name.
What is the unique identifier doing, or not doing, in those cases?
Apptentive,
Adobe,
New Relic,
Google,
Salesforce,
Mixpanel,
Urban Airship,
just to name a few,
get so much personal data from apps,
often including gps coordinates
and first and last name.
What is the unique identifier doing, or not doing, in those cases?
under water data cables will be, if not already are, a major battleground worthy of warfare levels of protection, but are so vast in reach that said protection at full scale is nearly impossible, which provides a ripe space for mass under water target surveillance technology development
December 8, 2024 at 12:16 PM
under water data cables will be, if not already are, a major battleground worthy of warfare levels of protection, but are so vast in reach that said protection at full scale is nearly impossible, which provides a ripe space for mass under water target surveillance technology development
What does your browser do and not do, share and not share?
Cool tool:
d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock
Cool tool:
d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock
Test Ad Block - Toolz
Looking for an easy way to check the efficiency of your ad blocker?Toolz offers a simple and beautiful design test that allows you to quickly and easily test the performance of current ad/content bloc...
d3ward.github.io
October 1, 2024 at 1:15 PM
What does your browser do and not do, share and not share?
Cool tool:
d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock
Cool tool:
d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock
Database reconstruction theorem and attacks fascinate me
September 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Database reconstruction theorem and attacks fascinate me
Spamouflage is a real issue, especially during election cycles
September 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Spamouflage is a real issue, especially during election cycles
Homomorphic encryption as a solution for the tension between law enforcement's need for data and citizens' privacy?
abcnews.go.com/US/criminals...
I wonder what @meredithmeredith.bsky.social thinks about this?
abcnews.go.com/US/criminals...
I wonder what @meredithmeredith.bsky.social thinks about this?
As more criminals hide behind encryption, the FBI teams up with a university it once targeted
Amid growing threats from radical terrorists, fentanyl dealers and online child predators, the FBI is working with UC Berkeley on the issue of encrypted evidence.
abcnews.go.com
September 13, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Homomorphic encryption as a solution for the tension between law enforcement's need for data and citizens' privacy?
abcnews.go.com/US/criminals...
I wonder what @meredithmeredith.bsky.social thinks about this?
abcnews.go.com/US/criminals...
I wonder what @meredithmeredith.bsky.social thinks about this?
Our data is no longer points that need to be connected like dots.
Our data is now like lines that intersect with each other which together create a much more detailed image of our identity.
It was one thing to control the individual points.
Now it's a different battle to control all the lines.
Our data is now like lines that intersect with each other which together create a much more detailed image of our identity.
It was one thing to control the individual points.
Now it's a different battle to control all the lines.
September 11, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Our data is no longer points that need to be connected like dots.
Our data is now like lines that intersect with each other which together create a much more detailed image of our identity.
It was one thing to control the individual points.
Now it's a different battle to control all the lines.
Our data is now like lines that intersect with each other which together create a much more detailed image of our identity.
It was one thing to control the individual points.
Now it's a different battle to control all the lines.
exit page data analysis, which most privacy policies allow, is very, very valuable
September 6, 2024 at 1:08 PM
exit page data analysis, which most privacy policies allow, is very, very valuable
QR codes continue to be a problem as an easy vector for infection.
There is little to keep a bad actor from presenting seemingly legit uses of a QR code, such as a gift receipt or restaurant menu.
Being cautious, dare one say 'healthy paranoid', is not an option but a necessity for staying safe.
There is little to keep a bad actor from presenting seemingly legit uses of a QR code, such as a gift receipt or restaurant menu.
Being cautious, dare one say 'healthy paranoid', is not an option but a necessity for staying safe.
September 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
QR codes continue to be a problem as an easy vector for infection.
There is little to keep a bad actor from presenting seemingly legit uses of a QR code, such as a gift receipt or restaurant menu.
Being cautious, dare one say 'healthy paranoid', is not an option but a necessity for staying safe.
There is little to keep a bad actor from presenting seemingly legit uses of a QR code, such as a gift receipt or restaurant menu.
Being cautious, dare one say 'healthy paranoid', is not an option but a necessity for staying safe.
Anything can be art when viewed from an interesting angle
August 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Anything can be art when viewed from an interesting angle
The environment (files) will get you if you're not careful
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/large-scale-...
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/large-scale-...
August 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
The environment (files) will get you if you're not careful
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/large-scale-...
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/large-scale-...
Kim Dotcom is headed to the US
via extradition
via extradition
August 15, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Kim Dotcom is headed to the US
via extradition
via extradition