Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 26/02/2026I thought the whiplash of feeling like a god one moment to a complete imbecile the next would go away after 10 years of writing software. Nope 🙂↔️ (The intensity of both extremes is quite a bit less at least!) 010
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 16/02/2026Trying to reserve a place in Tokyo. Apparently local law requires us to upload photos of our passports to our host? 🤦♂️ We need verifiable digital credentials to go mainstream ASAP… 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 12/02/2026Maybe my life is too simple… but I still can’t imagine actually needing an “ai assistant”. 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 11/02/2026A lot of bad Super Bowl ads this year. But using puppies to sell your surveillance tech takes the cake. 000
Reposted by Ricky PadillaZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 10/02/2026For this.weekinsecurity.com, I wrote about how Apple's Lockdown Mode, once billed as an "extreme" security protection for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches, has passed a major real-world test by blocking the feds from accessing a journalist's phone. Free to read; additional words for subscribers:this.weekinsecurity.comApple's Lockdown Mode: Once an 'extreme' security protection, now a necessity for AmericansAn optional "extreme" security feature that Apple has baked-in to modern iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches has passed a significant real-world test. 23730
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 10/02/2026I guess this is my cue to finally switch to @proton.me Mail. 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 06/02/2026Great dinner w my new @fidoalliance.bsky.social buddies last night 😋 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 23/01/2026I told my kids I’d rather they get caught smoking cigarettes than using this horrific application. 010
Reposted by Ricky PadillaMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...youtube.com39C3 - AI Agent, AI SpyYouTube video by media.ccc.de 520658
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 06/01/2026The best book of 2025 for me: This is for Everyone by @timbl.bsky.social An intriguing telling of the beginnings of the web, followed by a bright vision for its future. us.macmillan.com/books/978037...us.macmillan.comThis Is for EveryoneA Sunday Times BestsellerThe inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise—and how it can be redeemed for the future.Perhaps the most infl... 010
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 05/12/2025One hour and five minutes into the draw and so far we have learned that Canada, Mexico and the USA will be playing at a World Cup hosted in Canada, Mexico and the USA. 020
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 03/11/2025Someone at @techcrunch.com definitely chose this first headline & the following article images on purpose. 010
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 27/10/2025Hot take: @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is the strongest leader we have in tech right now. 071
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 27/10/2025I was arguing w someone. They just sent me a screenshot of ChatGPTs generated response to defend their position. We’ve become so lazy we can’t even copy/paste bullshit arguments. 🤦♂️ 020
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 26/09/2025If I could download my Game Pass games, this would be a no-brainer purchase. Alas… 120
Reposted by Ricky PadillaWIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2025Why are we taking our latest politics cover to the streets? We wanted you to see what we saw, over many months of covering DOGE, ICE, and the rest of it. Tech leaders got what they wanted—a seat at the table with a would-be king, and a chance to haggle over the rules that govern their businesses. 10705201
Reposted by Ricky PadillaWIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2025Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. www.wired.com/story/1passw...wired.comWorried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your DataTravel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. 613745
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 21/09/2025So excited to be partnering with Google and others to work on this new protocol 🎉 cloud.google.com/blog/product...cloud.google.comAnnouncing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | Google Cloud BlogLearn more about the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol that builds on A2A, Agent to Agent Protocol. AP2 was developed by Google with leading payments and technology companies to securely... 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 13/09/2025When I was 15, I (deservedly) missed a Linkin Park concert cuz my parents grounded me for smoking. I finally got my second chance! 🤩 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 02/07/2025Greatest innovation of 2025 so far: Faster YouTube playback speeds. ⏩ 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 09/06/2025Me: I’m gonna wait to buy the Switch 2, until it has more games and OLED. Also me: 020
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 14/05/2025Did Apple seriously just drop a back-to-school video before this school year is even over?! 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 24/04/2025GameStop stores to everyone who couldn’t get a Switch 2 preorder anywhere else: 000
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 22/04/2025It has never been more important for people to OWN and CONTROL their own data. 001
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 21/04/2025I made my first ever cryptocurrency purchase yesterday. 🤷♂️ #ethereum 110
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 19/04/2025Wrapping up this fun book by @mikedrucker.bsky.social And now all I want in life is to play paintball in an old office building (but without Mike’s misfortune). 0212
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 18/04/2025Feels like magic every time I use my Colorado mDL to get through security at Denver Airport. 🪄 010
Ricky Padilla @rickypadil.la · 10/12/2024An app I built for a client just got recognized by Popular Science as one of the “greatest innovations” of 2024 🤯 000
