Eric Chiang
ericchiang.bsky.social
Eric Chiang
@ericchiang.bsky.social
@oblique.security. Ex Google Security, CoreOS.

ericchiang.github.io
Every day I'm glad my job isn't staring into the IAM abyss of a large Cloud org.

matduggan.com/iam-is-the-w...
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Quick reminder:
March 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Vibe coding will ruin the quality of our codebase!"

The codebase:

github.com/pandas-dev/p...
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Good news - we've increased "encryption of data both at rest and in transit" by more than 10%! I'm sure we'll finish the rest of that whole "zero trust" thing in time for the holiday freeze.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 12, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Forcing users set a PIN is the "one weird trick" solution to all hard security problems
November 28, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Also, to get to that dialog, you're first prompted to create an unrecoverable local key... Surely there's a better default here?
November 14, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Cleaning up this dialog would go sooo far

Like, just give me a list of Cloud providers and/or password managers I use. I have no idea why choosing my Pixel is different than Google Password Manager or if those share storage.
November 14, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Nothing makes me feel safer than the phrase "secure, locked PDF format"...
November 10, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Apparently the Alameda county vote count is taking super long because (checks notes) CA mandated PDF as the interchange format?

From @berkeleyside.bsky.social

www.berkeleyside.org/2024/11/08/a...
November 10, 2024 at 1:00 AM