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Josh Long (the JoshMeister)
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Cybersecurity evangelist; security researcher, writer, and award-winning public speaker. Focused on Apple, Mac, macOS, infosec, malware, and privacy. https://www.theJoshMeister.com
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#MrBeast sent me a DM today 👀

Looks like I’ll be doing a collab with him soon. More details on August 1.

Stay tuned, and hit the 🔔 on my Bluesky profile to enable notifications!

In the mean time, follow me on all the socials: social.theJoshMeister.com
the JoshMeister doing his best Home Alone impression
July 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Jony Ive once designed products for Apple. Now, Jony will be designing for OpenAI.

How do you think this new alliance will impact the future of each company? 🤔

(Meme inspiration: @basicappleguy.com)
How it started: Design genius Jony Ive sits across from Steve Jobs (Apple co-founder and CEO) in a well-lit cafe; Jobs has a paper cup of tea in front of him, and both men are smiling and enjoying each other’s presence. … How it’s going: Jony Ive sits across from Sam Altman (OpenAI co-founder and CEO) in a bar; their conversation appears business-like and formal, and neither man looks very happy.
May 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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I’ve been doing cybersecurity research for over 25 years. But today’s the 15-year anniversary of when I started writing about infosec. 🥳🎉

My first article was on how to safely preview shortened URLs.

It’s also the 15-year anniversary of the “StalkDaily Worm” that spread on Twitter on Apr 11, 2009.
Following is an excerpt from Josh Long’s first cybersecurity article. “On many social networks, it's a common practice to use shortened redirect URLs rather than linking directly to the (often much longer) original URL of a page. This is especially common when character limits are imposed, such as Twitter's 140 character maximum. “From a security standpoint, blindly clicking on redirect URLs is probably not the best idea, especially if you don't know (or don't implicitly trust) the person who shared it. In fact, even a trusted user's account could theoretically be hijacked, as happened earlier today when an XSS attack was launched against Twitter. “Thankfully, many URL shortening services offer ways of previewing the full URL before visiting it. Instructions for some of these sites follow (roughly in order of popularity). … this information is given for information purposes only, based on what I was able to find out by researching and testing each service.”
April 12, 2024 at 6:58 AM