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Cyber Balladeer

@cyberballadeer.bsky.social
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Retired business executive, engineer and technologist. Designed and delivered worldwide C4I, transportation and health systems. Strong interest in helping people protect themselves on the Internet, improving our broken healthcare system, and SciFi.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years. Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
✋
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 17/04/2025
FYI
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Unreal. Such a self inflicted wound. A generational mistake
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The message is a lie. FFS
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Indivisible Acton Area ❌👑 @indactonma.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hegseth has no honor.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
What Garrett said.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is inaccurate. There is no known vulnerability with Signal's core tech. The memo was discussing phishing attempts, which Signal has worked to mitigate. And it was hastily reported. It's important not to spread misinfo that can confuse people into moving away from meaningfully private comms.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/02/2025
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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Cyber Balladeer @cyberballadeer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Love this.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them. EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
EFF has now filed a Privacy Act of 1974, www.eff.org/document/afg... for the incursion at OPM.
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AFGE v. OPM - Complaint
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Vicki Martin, MD @vickimd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Cyber Balladeer @cyberballadeer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In these difficult times, please do the basics to protect your privacy. Control what you can. One step at at time. My blog provides guidance for the non-specialist. It's on my book website because I have one with a blog. I'm not trying to monetize. Just help out. douglasbartonauthor.com/blog/
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Blog - Douglas Barton
Want to hear about the continuing adventures of Jack and Jill in Riff the Razzle? How about a lighthearted take on privacy and security? Find out more!
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Schneier on Security @schneier.com · 04/02/2025
Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election Interesting analysis: We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project (source for our analysis), which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each…
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Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election
Interesting analysis: We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project (source for our analysis), which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used for and estimated the cost of creating similar content without AI.
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Schneier on Security @schneier.com · 27/01/2025
New VPN Backdoor A newly discovered VPN backdoor uses some interesting tactics to avoid detection: When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can't be leveraged by competing groups or detected by defenders. One countermeasure is…
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New VPN Backdoor
A newly discovered VPN backdoor uses some interesting tactics to avoid detection: When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can't be leveraged by competing groups or detected by defenders. One countermeasure is to equip the backdoor with a passive agent that remains dormant until it receives what's known in the business as a "magic packet." On Thursday, researchers revealed that a never-before-seen backdoor that quietly took hold of dozens of enterprise VPNs running Juniper Network's Junos OS has been doing just that.
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 08/01/2025
Check your fallacy...
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Cyber Balladeer @cyberballadeer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Introducing a series of blog posts called - Going Digitally Green: Reducing your Digital Exhaust. They provide simple, practical guidance to protecting your privacy online. I'm using my author's website (I'm already paying for it.) The blog is a separate series of topics. Have a look.
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