Mozilla security
California
Joined October 2010
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Dan Veditz retweeted
One historical tidbit: Figma in the browser was possible because of WebGL, which came from work done at Mozilla in 2006 by my friend and absolute great human Vlad Vukicevic (not on twitter anymore). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebGL
He saw ages before anyone else did what was possible.
Dan Veditz retweeted
A free link to my uplifting conversation with travel guru Rick Steves nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magaz…
Dan Veditz retweeted
Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the "good guys" can use.
When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect.
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Dan Veditz retweeted
It's the last day of my tour and I'm exhausted and I wanna go home, but I'm still not gonna phone this thing in! So get your couch-sitting asses down here! Tonight at @CooperageProj Honesdale, PA. showtime 7:30
🎟️ at the door!
Dan Veditz retweeted
Supreme Court on trans people: Broad injunctions are bad and the law can only be blocked for two individual trans kids rather than the whole state.
Supreme court on blocking student loan reform and right wing priorities: Broad injunctions are great! Apply them nationwide!
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I’d like it not to be true, but serious national security folks keep warning that the US is a few years away from possible cyber conflict with China. If that’s true, we shouldn’t be destroying the US research labs that work in this area.
Dan Veditz retweeted
Periodic reminder: Chromium-based browsers still are very vulnerable to abuse of the FullScreen and Keyboard Lock APIs.
Educate friends & family to HOLD the Escape key down to escape such attacks.
(Firefox, doesn't have the KeyboardLock API).
textslashplain.com/2023/09/1…
Dan Veditz retweeted
I've said it once and I will say it again:
My husband is a doctor. I'm a lawyer. The fact that together we cannot figure out our health insurance coverage and documents really says something about American healthcare.
Dan Veditz retweeted
The most dangerous grift in ophthalmology right now is “glasses are harmful.” People that claim diet, exercise, and a 10 part instructional webinar can help you live spectacle free! No. Stop it.
It’s not a big deal for most adults. They will lose some money before realizing that no amount of exercise and bull testicle consumption will fix their presbyopia.
But those same adults have kids. If young kids don’t get the glasses they need, their brains won’t develop normal vision. I’m talking permanent vision loss. I have seen it happen. It’s awful and entirely preventable.
Dan Veditz retweeted
The difference in the amount of “we’re toast, it’s over, we’re done for” tweets I’m seeing on the “for you” feed compared to the people I’m actually following is ummm…stark. It’s almost…it’s almost as if,..the jackass who owns this platform…wants us to feel a certain way…
Dan Veditz retweeted
YOU CAN PROBABLY DO IT
or How To Muster Courage Using the Dumbness of Others
brittlestar.substack.com/p/y…
Dan Veditz retweeted
Why Good Security Fails: The Asymmetry of InfoSec Investment.
You invest to create good security. Then there's no incidents. Then people ask why are we spending all this money on security when we don't have any issues. Resources atrophy, but worse, the drop off in effectiveness is disproportionally negative to the rate of resource drain. Things can go from good to bad to “boom” pretty quickly.
So, actively work to counteract this:
1. Organizational health monitoring.
2. Zero based budgeting.
3. Deliver and communicate incremental benefits.
4. Build a base of support.
5. Make scarcity visible.
philvenables.com/post/why-go…
Dan Veditz retweeted
On the final, I ask students how many classes they attended, & what might make them come more.
One student said 0 classes, bc syllabus says “I encourage you to wear a mask. The pandemic is not over”
this “rubbed [them] the wrong way” so they never came, to intro epidemiology
Dan Veditz retweeted
When you hear anyone in the news say "during the pandemic" or "post-pandemic", this is what they are talking about:
Dan Veditz retweeted
12 years ago, I reported my first ever timing attack - an XS-leak to steal Firefox 0-days from Bugzilla. It was quite a learning experience, and in retrospect I can see some clues that should have made me realise how endemic timing side-channels are
youtu.be/skbKjO8ahCI?t=480
Dan Veditz retweeted
If you believe we must save the planet from the ravages of climate change, don’t sit out this election.
Trump believes that climate change is a “hoax.” He asked the oil industry for $1 billion in campaign contributions.
The future of the planet matters. This campaign matters.
Dan Veditz retweeted
Click the photo-link below to read a new interview & article about my photo enhancement work, just uploaded today on vice. com. Written by the very kind @niche_t_
vice.com/en/article/4a3m3p/e…
