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32
Account age
1 yrs
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Would you leave your ID card with a stranger?
Many companies ask visitors to do exactly that.
Jack's Rant #5 asks whether this common practice actually improves security—or creates new risks.
https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rant05
#podcast #technology #cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #physicalsecurity
5 views
Experiment of the week.
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5 views
Most outages don't begin with technology.
They begin with assumptions.
What's the biggest assumption you've seen backfire?
#IT #DevOps #SysAdmin
4 views
Today's cloud will eventually become tomorrow's legacy platform.
The cycle continues.
#legacy #cloud #IT
📊 Post engagement
4
Avg engagement / post
12.5%
Engagement vs followers
Sep 2024
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Would you leave your ID card with a stranger? Many companies ask · 7 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
6 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 1 text · 11 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.8×
Follows 18 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Would you leave your ID card with a stranger?
Many companies ask visitors to do exactly that.
Jack's Rant #5 asks whether this common practice actually improves security—or creates new risks.
https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rant05
#podcast #technology #cybersecurity #infosec #privac…
How far away should you be able to open a parking garage barrier?
In Episode 18, our guest tells the story of a smart city where public Wi-Fi and critical infrastructure could "see" each other thanks to poor network segmentation.
Sometimes…
Today's cloud will eventually become tomorrow's legacy platform.
The cycle continues.
#legacy #cloud #IT
One project.
One lesson.
What permanently changed the way you approach IT?
#IT #ProjectManagement
Nice coincidence.
Yesterday we released Jack's Rant #5: "Can I Keep Your ID?" about when organizations may ask for your ID and what they're allowed to keep.
Today, Belgium's VRT covered the same subject after a Radio2 WinWin discussion.
R…
Documentation is great.
Experience is better.
What's one lesson someone passed on to you that never made it into the documentation?
#KnowledgeTransfer #IT
Experiment of the week.
We've submitted Episode 16, "GDPR Enters the Chat", to The Pod Radar to see how our podcast performs on a community-driven discovery platform.
If you've listened to the episode and feel it deserves a recommendation,…
Looking for guests!
Real IT projects.
Real lessons.
Stories can be anonymized.
If you've got one worth telling, get in touch.
#podcast #IT
Most outages don't begin with technology.
They begin with assumptions.
What's the biggest assumption you've seen backfire?
#IT #DevOps #SysAdmin
One laptop.
One warehouse.
One very expensive sleep mode.
Episode 14:
Sleep Mode in Production
Listen here : https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep14
#technology #podcast #shadowIT #operations #incidentmanagement
Every experienced IT professional has one story.
Sometimes fixing the bug isn't the hardest part.
Finding it is.
What's the longest you've spent tracking down a root cause?
#debugging #IT #engineering
New episode!
Cardboard Confidential
Sometimes the biggest cybersecurity lessons arrive in the most ordinary packaging.
Real story.
Real lessons.
No blame.
Listen now: https://ithorrorstories.eu/#ep17
#technology #podcast #cybersecurity #i…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
techhub.social
A tech server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Sep 2024
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 6× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
71/100
Good
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.1× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Est. authentic audience
92%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
Medium
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Join Jack Smith, a 25-year-plus IT veteran, as he takes you on a hilariously chilling journey through the wild world of tech mishaps. Each episode will leave you laughing and maybe crying a little as we navigate the absurdity of everyday tech disasters.
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