Tarah Wheeler

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CEO Of Red Queen Dynamics♦️Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations♦️💍 deviantollam ♦️ EFF Board of Directors♦️she/her♦️[email protected]. Std. opinions disclaimer

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I mean have some damn pride

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I got an advance copy of @tarah.bsky.social poker deck to benefit @eff.org and you are going to want one of these! You can still sign up for the DEF CON 32 tournament: www.eff.org/event/bettin...

It's big AND it's true: Google Chrome will cease trusting Entrust root certificates in October. security.googleblog.com/2024/06/sust...

Sustaining Digital Certificate Security - Entrust Certificate Distrustsecurity.googleblog.com Posted by Chrome Root Program, Chrome Security Team The Chrome Security Team prioritizes the security and privacy of Chrome’s users...

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It's not "I suffered so you should too," it's "I suffered and no one else should ever have to."

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Congratulations to Tarah, who continues to kill it.

I am profoundly honored to say that today I joined the @eff.org board of directors. Here to fight for digital rights and the future of the open internet. www.eff.org/press/releas...

EFF Welcomes Tarah Wheeler to Its Board of Directorswww.eff.org SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce today that Tarah Wheeler — a social scientist studying international conflict, an author, and a poker player who is CEO

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Register today for the EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at @defcon.bksy.social, hosted by @tarah.bsky.social! We’ll shuffle up and deal Aug 9, at noon in the Horseshoe Poker Room! MC’d by Cory Doctorow, with celebrity guests @malwarejake.bksy.social @runasand.bksy.social and @deviantollam.bksy.social.

I am profoundly honored to say that today I joined the @eff.org board of directors. Here to fight for digital rights and the future of the open internet. www.eff.org/press/releas...

I would genuinely, no trolling, be interested to see what happens if someone prints this in Creole instead of English. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

Louisiana requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classroomswww.washingtonpost.com Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation Wednesday that requires every public classroom in the state to display the Ten Commandments.

Seems like ChatGPT is still doing mostly ok.

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I have been tremendously lucky in my career, but I have absolutely seen men get paid more for the same or less work with the same or fewer qualifications and I have seen men praised as geniuses for behavior that gets me called a bitch.

The Venn diagram of people who understand the devastation of domestic tech abuse and the people who all of a sudden just now realized an AirTag can be used for Nefarious Purposes is two circles. One of those circles is very, very tired and the other is a sea lion corral.

I am going to have to write a blog post version of my talk on physical trackers because I am not going to go through all of these arguments again with people who only just now discovered that AirTags get used for stalking.

“You’re going to a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters, people who talk at the theater, and the jackass who hacked and ransomedwared the Seattle Public Library.” shelftalkblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/a...

An update about access to Library technology systemsshelftalkblog.wordpress.com What Library services are available? Last updated: Friday, May 31 at 9:49 a.m. As you may have heard, The Seattle Public Library has been impacted by a cybersecurity event that is affecting our techno...

People of Earth. I don’t care if you don’t know who Tom Brady is; you should go watch Nikki Glaser’s ten minute set in his roast. It’s profane, but one of the most perfectly crafted comedic performances I’ve ever seen. The writing and timing is absolutely nailed. She’s brilliant.

There is a song in my head right now. globalnews.ca/news/1051277...

Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision: OPP | Globalnews.caglobalnews.ca An ambulance responding to a serious crash involving a moose in Algonquin Park also collided with a moose early Sunday, Ontario police say.

Tomorrow, I’ll be moderating this panel on the main stage at #RSAC. Five cyber ambassadors for one hour. I’ll take 2-3 questions at the end of the panel. If you’ll be at the panel tomorrow, I may call on you. What would you ask them? www.rsaconference.com/USA/agenda/s...

*www.rsaconference.com

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From his early days in 2013, Pope Francis has urged the Catholic Church to embrace all comers, including those living in conflict with its teachings. Now, his unprecedented opening to the LGBTQ+ community has reached its zenith — and ballooned into the most explosive issue of his tenure.

How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workerswww.washingtonpost.com The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.

I find myself in possession of this lovely mother-of-pearl and alabaster inlaid box that seems to be very clearly from Apple Computer’s extremely early years. I’d love to know if people know of collectors or experts who might be able to tell me both more about its origin and if it’s worth selling?

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Also got pulled into @tarah.bsky.social session on testifying to Congress, which was a nice bonus (thank you Tarah!).

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Apparently, I used the phrase "out of spoons" when talking to my mother. Apparently, she wasn't aware of the metaphorical use. I just got these in the mail.

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This bill represents one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history. I will do everything in my power to stop it from passing in the Senate.

House votes to reapprove law allowing warrantless surveillance of US citizenswww.theguardian.com Fisa allows for monitoring of foreign communications, as well as collection of citizens’ messages and calls

I’m having an #AsPerMyLastEmail day and I wish I was having a #HumbledAndHonoredToAnnounceIHaveBeen day.

If I were that ship pilot, I just simply wouldn’t have hit that bridge pylon. Don’t know why he didn’t think of that.

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It's wonderful to celebrate Int. Women's Day by highlighting remarkable women Founder/CEOs @amitelazari.bsky.social, Window Snyder & @tarah.bsky.social who are making significant strides in the field of cybersecurity. Check out these amazing startups: Open Policy, Thistle Tech, Red Queen Dynamics.

Keeping your YouTube subscriptions private is *opt-in*. Worse, there's a #UX #darkpattern nudging you to not set them to #private. Typically, one turns *on* public features--It's opposite here; you have to turn *on* private settings. How to fix: www.youtube.com/account_priv...

Encrypted messaging app Signal is down. It’s a secondary backup for many teams for incident response, so this is a great time to check your incident response plans for a fallback.

Ok ok ok. Nobody fuck this up.

I signed this.

MUST READ: This morning, a powerful letter was delivered to the UK Home Office, signed by 27 leading security experts concerning proposed amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) that would be counterproductive to #cybersecurity.

Open Letter from Security Experts Voices Concerns Over the Proposed Changes to UK Investigatory Powe...cdt.org The proposed amendments to the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) have prompted a powerful open letter addressed to the UK Home Secretary from security experts united in their commitment to a secur...

It’s so lovely to see you all here! Welcome to Bluesky!

Folks, if you’ve used Bluesky for a while, you might not have noticed they rolled out email verification a while back. Go to settings and if you haven’t verified your email, you should see a notification to do so. Every little bit of security helps.