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Michelle Mazurek
@mmazurek.bsky.social
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security, privacy, people
pointy-headed academic, phillies enjoyer
still tomorrow's gonna be another working day / just trying to get some rest
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Meanwhile, today in official university-mandated "research security" training:
Slide from research security training. The header is "Impartiality and Objectivity." The text is "Scientists conduct their work without bias or preconceived notions, allowing the to approach their research objectively."
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Someone please tell A.J. Brown about @ifbookspod.bsky.social ...
A tweet from Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown talking about books he's read this year, including a picture of several self-help books.
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Every year I log into my FSA account exactly once to file all my claims at once. Every year it goes exactly like this. Usable security folks, we still have some work to do...
- Ask to recover my username - Enter SSN - Answer security question - Pass captcha - Receive email to reset username, click link - Answer (the same) security question - Pass captcha - Enter zip code - Receive username (don’t actually reset it even though that’s what the email said) - Ask to recover my password - Enter newly recovered username - Answer (the same) security question - Pass captcha - Receive email to reset password, click link - Answer security question - Pass captcha - Reset password - Log in with recovered username and new password - Answer (the same) security question - Pass captcha
October 23, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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I even give keynote talks about this!
A screencap of a slide from my talk about bad security advice.
March 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM