Kalium

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by Kalium 5y ago
There's a running joke in the security community that CSO stands for Chief Sacrificial Officer.
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by Kalium 5y ago
I've been on the receiving end of various emails like that. They have details on specific systems and specific attacks. They're occasionally useful, but often not. Knowing that a particular app is vulnerable to XSS might be useful
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by Kalium 5y ago
I understand that's not how it works. I'm constructing a deliberately absurd example to show both how the NSA could help and why companies wouldn't accept it.
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by Kalium 5y ago
https://www.nsa.gov/What-We-Do/Cybersecurity/Advisories-Tech... The NSA seems to agree with you. So do the Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Defense, all of which have various efforts to provide independently v
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by Kalium 5y ago
Sure! Realistically, I find it not credible to believe that nobody in big infrastructure companies with IT departments is aware that they have vulnerable systems. I find it far more likely that people are aware and people in positions of le
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by Kalium 5y ago
https://www.energy.gov/national-security-safety/cybersecurit... There's already branches of cabinet-level departments that try to do this. In my opinion they're having about the same level of efficacy as one
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by Kalium 5y ago
That's true in broad strokes, but I'm trying to portray things from the position of an executive. Having a bunch of outsiders that you have no real influence over in charge of your systems is terrifying. The alternatives are a reg
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by Kalium 5y ago
Let's say you're a CEO at Big Pipeline Co. One day your phone rings. It's the NSA. They say your systems are vulnerable as hell. That you're very likely going to be breached in a quite expensive way very soon. It could s
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by Kalium 5y ago
I read it as implying that there are far fewer entrants into the market because people are using phones where they would previously have used mid-grade specialized equipment. The demand for mid-market equipment is drying up, but the high-en
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by Kalium 5y ago
I think you might find that those you consider your deepest ideological foes would wholeheartedly agree with you on precisely this point.
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by Kalium 5y ago
In theory I agree that prop 13 is a plague. At the same time, I can think of few things with worse optics than big, fat, cash-rich tech companies full of big, fat, rich techies banding together to raise taxes on regular homeowners.
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by Kalium 5y ago
> The laundromat saga happened largely because the owner of the laundromat was a jerk. What should he have done differently that would have made the process work? Is it perhaps possible that his plans might have worked had he presented t
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by Kalium 5y ago
That's such a good idea that tech companies already agree with you and have done precisely that. You might look at Mountain View for an example of tech companies lobbying for more housing in action.
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by Kalium 5y ago
You're absolutely right. That is a significant difference. My point was that O($10m) isn't even enough to reliably land something on the ballot, much less get whatever crazy thing you want passed. This of course being distinct fro
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by Kalium 5y ago
Thankfully SF has people like Mark Zuckerberg, and is appreciative of his donation of a large amount of money to the city's hospital in order to improve life in the city. Right?
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by Kalium 5y ago
2020's Prop 19 to reform property taxes just a bit had about $20 million behind it, and it didn't even land on the ballot. SF would need to gut its entire permitting system. Today, it can't even make small and incremental imp
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by Kalium 5y ago
How many billions of dollars of tech money, in your opinion, is enough to find a way to house and support people in a city where planning is fundamentally structured around finding ways to not house people?
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by Kalium 5y ago
My key has been to engage my empathy for everyone concerned. To read an article and engage my empathy for the author and the pain some know all too well is a necessary step. Yet to assume that all other readers will do the same is perhaps a
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by Kalium 5y ago
I would go so far as to say that some people have learned to think of having their heartstrings tugged as a prelude to attempted exploitation. I know that years in the Bay taught me that.
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by Kalium 5y ago
You're completely right. The offhand tone many have adopted is how they might react to a purely technical piece, rather than someone's genuine pain exposed to their view. It would, after all, not be wildly out of place to react to
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by Kalium 5y ago
Adopt a mentee. They need a teacher. Remember that when you offer guidance, it needs to be comprehensible and actionable and directed towards a coherent goal. Telling someone to reflect, for example, is none of those. Instead, tell someone
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by Kalium 5y ago
I think "they" is best understood as an indicator of the author's mindset. When you feel like an outsider, it's very easy to feel that the whole of the group is unified against you.
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by Kalium 5y ago
You're absolutely right. People are not reacting the way you had hoped. They are reacting by questioning the assertions in the article in ways that don't engage with the author's fundamental humanity . They are treating it l
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by Kalium 5y ago
Do you think it might be possible to appreciate the reality and sincerity of someone's experiences while also questioning the validity of their interpretations? Would this be a form of substantive engagement on the merits of the piece?
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by Kalium 5y ago
It's a tool that can be very helpful for describing the logistics of travel. Depending on where you are and the context of the conversation, knowing that something is fifteen miles away might tell you shockingly little about the experi
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by Kalium 5y ago
I think you've put your finger on the most reasonable point to take away. The notion of a sole inventor is rarely congruent with how modern invention works.
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by Kalium 5y ago
I get it as an innocent misunderstanding. Certainly the role of enabling technologies is often underplayed in lay understanding of technological advancements. I'm a bit more skeptical when it's a deliberate misrepresentation. You
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by Kalium 5y ago
Sometimes I see absurd claims being passed around, such as that Hedy Lamarr invented wifi. It is, perhaps, possible to go to far in rectifying the injustices of history.
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by Kalium 5y ago
You can always scan your local radio spectrum. Wifi devices generally operate on known and documented frequencies.
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by Kalium 5y ago
I feel like I've seen this before. A man is a relentless and masterful self-promoter, encourages a very public cult of personality, and puts out what are broadly considered superior products from his companies. He's also an egotis

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