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Account age
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📊 Post engagement
5
Avg engagement / post
0.6%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Video from our @defcon talk is now available if you didn't catch · 41 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.55 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.9×
Follows 870 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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If you’d like to watch my 2010 Blackhat Talk on the Cisco Interface for Lawful Intercept, the video is here: #salttyphoon
http://youtu.be/PM1u4MXxThw
On the topic of Salt Typhoon and Lawful Intercept, in 2010 I published a security analysis of Cisco’s Lawful Intercept features at Blackhat DC, which included specific recommendations for telecommunications operators.
CISA has published a …
Overbroad UK social media regulation applies to “micro businesses” globally and is leading small sites to announce that they are shutting down:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/
Greg Conti and I were on Daniel Shimmelpfennig's Many Worlds Explored Podcast where we talked about futurism, cybersecurity, and social media. What kinds of futures are possible and likely, and what can we do to create the future that we …
@dscovr_epic@botsin.space @russss I enjoy your EPIC/DSCOVR image feed. Are you planning a migration now that botsin.space is shutting down?
This is a very good article on the topic of Contingent Presidential Elections and the need for 12th Amendment modernization.
I think that some of the people who are looking to inject chaos into our elections process are motivated by the p…
We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship, and pro-technological progress.
We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation. We believe that strong, trustworthy institutions are a feature, not a bug.
https:/…
FYI for those planning to attend my talk at Defcon with Greg Conti on Deception and Counter Deception, it is now scheduled for Sunday at 11AM in the WarStories Track:
https://defcon.org/html/defcon-32/dc-32-speakers.html#54487
By deftly avoiding a competitive primary, the Democrats have saved themselves from the circular firing squad of online squabbles between their various constituent factions, which tend to be strident, judgmental and shitty, and ultimately d…
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce a bill to codify the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) in the wake of a Crowdstrike IT meltdown that led to widespread chaos across U.S. and global computer systems.
https://thehill.com/homen…
It looks like Feedseer is not pulling article summaries. Unfortunately I am in a place where I can’t fix it, but it will be repaired next Thursday. (No, its not running Windows/Crowdstrike :) )
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
ioc.exchange
A threat-intel & infosec server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 5 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.6× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
66/100
Good
Credibility score
89%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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