gunwale
gunwaler.bsky.social
gunwale
@gunwaler.bsky.social
OG Woman in Tech #303 #Defcon #Goon #BSidesScapegoat #InfoSec #HardwareHacker #DataPrivacy #SecurityForPeople

Occasionally returning to the fight.

More work-related on mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@gunwale/
I love this title of an actual Princeton peer-reviewed study. A good read, following a frustrating two weeks at work where OpenAI models incorrectly performed 57% of the calculations I gave them. arxiv.org/pdf/2507.07484 #MachineBullshit
September 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For the third time this week. Congratulations #OpenAI. You've managed to create a computer that is bad at math. #ChatGPT5

(Part of an ongoing project to test various AI models' accuracy.)
August 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Now deleted LinkedIn profile & post.
August 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So this happened in Vegas #BlackHat #HackerSummerCamp. Tom Alexandrovich, Executive Director of Israel National Cyber Defense, got arrested during a child sex sting operation by LVPD. No diplomatic immunity, but still quietly released and allowed to fly home before this press release. More below.
August 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What are you on about? He entered the US legally from Pakistan, through a Biden program to fast-track visas for those who put their lives on the line to work with US troops. Take your made-up nonsense back to the Book of Faces.
July 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In contrast to the lawyer's opinion quoted by NBC, it is generally accepted that some Constitutional protections do hold at the border, including the first amendment. Do not just "stay calm and answer truthfully!" Push back and speak to a supervisor.
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Jfc, the "archive" function of #TM-SGNL (the texting app 49's team is using) employs hard-coded passwords. There's nothing wrong with running your own instance of #Signal, but any competent coder could modify the code securely and NOT outsource the job to #Israel.
May 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What could possibly go wrong?

(Clearly I haven't been following Garcia v Character Technologies Inc. as closely as I should of been.)
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Regardless of the conspiracy theories, most feds I know sacrifice higher pay for a higher cause. The loss of three more federal prosecutors for refusing to cave to partisan demands hurts us all. #USPolitics #Corruption
April 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
No matter how bleak things seem there are good things in life, such as where I get to end an otherwise crappy week.
April 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is absolutely illegal retribution against SentinelOne because they hired the former CISA chief who investigated and found no evidence of voter fraud in 2020. The Security Clearances are required for some government contracts which puts this company at a competitive disadvantage.
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Way to catch on, David Brooks. I figured this out twenty years ago when I tried to explain to Congress why torturing children is bad.

See comments for an excellent counter-analysis from @sethcotlar.bsky.social.
April 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the better rundowns on the absurdity of this tariff "plan" by @dkthomp.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com. (Nice article on the corruption of the Gilded Age as well.)
April 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Returning to the US has some highlights.
March 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM