Cyber Balladeer
@cyberballadeer.bsky.social
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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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!
douglasbartonauthor.com
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.
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May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Unreal. Such a self inflicted wound. A generational mistake
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Unreal. Such a self inflicted wound. A generational mistake
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The message is a lie. FFS
Peter Navarro goes full Orwell on Fox News Sunday: "The message is that tariffs are tax cuts."
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The message is a lie. FFS
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Hegseth has no honor.
If Pete Hegseth had even a tiny bit of honor and sense of responsibility, then he would hand in his resignation this morning.
March 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Hegseth has no honor.
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Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
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What Garrett said.
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What Garrett said.
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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.
It's important not to spread misinfo that can confuse people into moving away from meaningfully private comms.
In case you missed it: the Pentagon--that's Hegseth--got warned about using Signal a week ago.
March 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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.
It's important not to spread misinfo that can confuse people into moving away from meaningfully private comms.
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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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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.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
www.eff.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
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EFF has now filed a Privacy Act of 1974, www.eff.org/document/afg... for the incursion at OPM.
AFGE v. OPM - Complaint
2025-02-11_-_afge_v_opm_sdny_-_complaint.pdf
www.eff.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
EFF has now filed a Privacy Act of 1974, www.eff.org/document/afg... for the incursion at OPM.
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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/
douglasbartonauthor.com/blog/
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!
douglasbartonauthor.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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/
douglasbartonauthor.com/blog/
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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…
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…
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.
www.schneier.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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…
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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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…
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…
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.
www.schneier.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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…
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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Check your fallacy...
January 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Check your fallacy...
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.
December 9, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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.