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Brad Mecha

@bradmecha

Body, mind and spirit hacker. Solving problems. Trying to get most out of life -- whatever that means...

 Milwaukee,WI
Joined February 2012
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There are 4 types of wealth: 1. Financial wealth (money) 2. Social wealth (status) 3. Time wealth (freedom) 4. Physical wealth (health) Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4.
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Love this @NSAGov guideline at nsa.gov/resources/cybersecur…. Amazingly on target!
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Web 1.0: It' all about information! Web 2.0: Let's go social! Web 3:0: Weaponized/monetized fraud; bots & trolls polluting the public sphere; organized attention manipulation ops; censorship via information glut, distraction and undermining credibility: Internet of Fake Things! teapawt.net/TimKarr/status/9351900…
Tim Karr is now on Bluesky (@TimKarr) profile pictureTim Karr is now on Bluesky@TimKarr27 Nov 2017
Data scientist finds 1.3 million faked comments in FCC docket. Someone used a bot & massive email list to create false impression of popular support for @AjitPaiFCC's plan to kill #NetNeutrality. The culprit will soon be revealed... hackernoon.com/more-than-a-m…
More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked | HackerNoon

More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked | HackerNoon

[Update on 11–29–2017: I’ve posted multiple datasets and my code containing enough for you to reproduce the analysis. Please share with the rest of us what else you find — *gets on soapbox* — a free...

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Tom Brokaw@tombrokaw11 Nov 2017
pres trump on foreign soil calling 3 u.s. intel professionals “political hacks” while praising Putin and believing his denial of Russian elect interference. where is GOP outrage?
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year bc of medical bills: Britain: 0 France:0 Japan: 0 Germany: 0 Canada: 0 USA: 643,000
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The sort of protection you get when your IT outsourcing firm (who configured your domain with an 8 character DA password) opens a SOC...
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Arguments that will totally confuse people. More spying is good because it reduces uncertainty and thus reduced chance of accidental war
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Consumer electronics are just plastic boxes with an abandoned Linux distribution inside.
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CALM DOWN. YOUR WIFI ISNT GOING TO BE HACKED TOMORROW. Your domain admin will get phished and Moldovan teenagers wipe your network.
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Abel James
@AbelJames7 Oct 2017
Did you know vitamin C acts as a potent antihistamine, and can even curb your appetite? bit.ly/2g0f7IO
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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AV products don't need backdoors. They basically are backdoors. They can pull files without you knowing. This argument is about trust.
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> where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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TO DO: ☑️ Remove headphone jack ☑️ Remove Home button 🔲 Remove volume buttons 🔲 Remove power button 🔲 Remove charging port
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Stop thinking. Stop planning. Stop talking. GO DO SOMETHING.
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The orgs who shift their mindsets from “life long commitment” to “tours of duty” for their employees are going to continue to be ahead. teapawt.net/Forbes/status/89744804…
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Employees who stay in companies longer than two years get paid 50% less on.forbes.com/60138v0If
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A cow is a biological machine invented by humans to turn grass into steak.
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GOOD : BAD
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