Mary Ellen Zurko
@mzurko.bsky.social
CyberSecurity with an emphasis on human use, integration, and impacts. Matron Saint of Usable Security. The only "Mary Ellen Zurko" on the web.
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Highly distributed systems need sign posts.
April 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Highly distributed systems need sign posts.
Someone should put together a WWW luminary starter pack. Dame Wendy would surely be in it.
My first post on BlueSky. Is anybody out there. If you know me and see this please repost.
February 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Someone should put together a WWW luminary starter pack. Dame Wendy would surely be in it.
Makes me wonder how spies get paid.
Government by “I wonder what this button does?”
https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/113947228828090735
https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/113947228828090735
evacide (@[email protected])
Everything about this story is terrifying, but the cherry on this shit sundae is that they are pushing changes directly to prod.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-cronies-dive-into-treasury-dept-payments-code-base
hachyderm.io
February 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Makes me wonder how spies get paid.
Weirdly still a gut punch for some of us around for the Challenger disaster.
BREAKING: Debris seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight
January 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Weirdly still a gut punch for some of us around for the Challenger disaster.
Having been around at the time, this headline irked me too. I keep wanting to find an analogy of a very bad thing that was prevented instead of mitigated after the fact.
DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
December 29, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Having been around at the time, this headline irked me too. I keep wanting to find an analogy of a very bad thing that was prevented instead of mitigated after the fact.
Good night blsky.
December 16, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Good night blsky.
Reposted by Mary Ellen Zurko
I created a starter pack for researchers who work at the nexus of HCI & cybersecurity / privacy here.
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
November 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I created a starter pack for researchers who work at the nexus of HCI & cybersecurity / privacy here.
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Please do let me know if you would like to be added to the list!I'm sure I've missed many folks.
go.bsky.app/RGsu5jn
Reposted by Mary Ellen Zurko
I am making a Societal Computing starter pack for folks that (broadly) look at the impact of computer science on society. So far, mostly people affiliated with the eponymous program in the school of computer science at CMU, but pls respond to this thread if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/2avpExM
go.bsky.app/2avpExM
December 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I am making a Societal Computing starter pack for folks that (broadly) look at the impact of computer science on society. So far, mostly people affiliated with the eponymous program in the school of computer science at CMU, but pls respond to this thread if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/2avpExM
go.bsky.app/2avpExM
MIT “said in its announcement that 80% of American households meet the updated threshold”. Wow that’s cool.
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 AM
MIT “said in its announcement that 80% of American households meet the updated threshold”. Wow that’s cool.
Deactivated my X account. Posting was a source of joy when I was on the steering committee (and chair of) TheWebConf. Technology giveth, and technology taketh away.
November 24, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Deactivated my X account. Posting was a source of joy when I was on the steering committee (and chair of) TheWebConf. Technology giveth, and technology taketh away.