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Lea Kissner
@leak.bsky.social
Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
TIL that setting LESSSECURE makes you more secure
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
@adamshostack.bsky.social says STOP DOING RISK 😆

(Math says no to a lot of things people do to try to predict risk. If math says no, I do, too)

This talk is fantastic, I have so much to think about #usenix
August 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I will admit that I find it endlessly entertaining to watch people try and fail to pick up my luggage -- this 30L backpack has all my food and accoutrements, a bunch of electronics, and personal items for 5 days. Fits under the seat in the airplane *and* provides me my workout for the week.
August 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pretty much any backpacking is good backpacking, but may I suggest backpacking to the beach?
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It was Company Kickoff at LinkedIn this week. Pay no attention to the giant hacker lurking over my shoulder.
July 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
IS THIS A TWITTER?
June 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Flew all the way to LA for a (gluten free) bagel. Worth it.
May 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I absolutely love @xkcd.com's concept of the "lucky 10000" and I feel lucky both every time I get to introduce someone to something neat and when someone does the same for me.

Comic at: xkcd.com/1053/
April 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Me: ok Google, 35 minute timer, please
Google: playing 35 minute timer with ambient music on YouTube Music 🎶
Me: 😫
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Has this medical device company never heard of TLS/SSL? 😱

"Only use a cellular internet connection, a trusted Wi-Fi network ... or use a secure internet connection such as a VPN ... Don't use unsecured public Wi-Fi ... Those could expose the Stelo Glucose Biosensor to viruses or hacking."
April 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
You will stay here. Residence is futile.
April 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
... someone just sent me an unsolicited shoebox with three pieces of paper and a thin mouse pad. What a waste. 😔
March 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So I read Character Limit... and all of those stickies in the picture are the places where I wanted to add other bonkers stories. I wasn't in the actual building for any of this (I'd just had surgery on my leg) and it was more than bonkers enough over Zoom.
March 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm finally reading Character Limit. Living it once was really enough, but here we are. Send thoughts and prayers.
March 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Windy Hill really lived up to its name; I was trying to keep the phone from being ripped out of my hand.

(I think I'm also a convert to frameless packs for backpacking. Also please take care of yourselves.)
January 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I can't run but somehow Pikmin Bloom says I've maxed out walking
January 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Smells good looks cursed
January 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
... Um.... Is my mochi cake cursed?
January 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Same, bumper sticker, same.
January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Shakeup in the staff meeting
December 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
"Look! They have ice cream holsters!" -my kid
December 5, 2024 at 5:07 AM
I love this study. Do you know what's wildly more effective than phishing training? Preventing people from being phished. FIDO2, people.

... but you're still going to have to remind your coworkers that the CEO is not desperately texting them for iTunes gift cards

www.computer.org/csdl/proceed...
November 19, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Fun fact: the Antarctic Fiber-Seeking Backhoe runs on kibble and scritches
November 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Go home, Google, you're drunk
October 12, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Hey guess what I'm speaking at PEPR this year! (I also got a sneak peek at the whole program and wow it's amazing)

In-person conference means you should be planning to get your in-person self out to Santa Clara, CA for Sept 11-12 for privacy eng awesome

https://www.usenix.org/conference/pepr23
June 27, 2023 at 2:43 AM