Infosec professional since the Black-Eyed Peas were popular. Does knitting, loves Kdramas. My politival views do not reflect those of my employer, who I will not disclose.
I don’t believe in PEBCAK, I believe in designing better for users.
My recommendation is to start with TNG but skip most of Season 1 other than “Encounter at Farpoint,” and maybe watch only selected episodes from Season 2. Then you’re good to go through the rest of the series (although there are some episodes you can do without).
Someone else suggested N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth series, which is also an unusual take on the post-apocalyptic and survivalism stuff that a lot of people are into these days.
Hi CISSPs and other folks with cyber-focused certifications! Did you know that you can often fulfill your CPE or other continuing education retirements by listening to podcasts? Well, now you know! Here’s my secret to keeping up with those CPEs - the Security Now! podcast with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte.
You can also find summaries and transcripts of past episodes on Gibson’s website, which is refreshingly old-school and script-free.
I’m part of that, I quit Reddit and nuked all my content on the way out because they’re not only forcing Apollo to close down, they tried to blackmail Apollo’s developer. I used to be a premium subscriber too.
It would have worked and it would have protected privacy but most people don’t understand the difference between having a hash of known CSAM on your phone and having actual CSAM on your phone for comparison purposes and it freaked people out.
I understand the difference and I’m still uncomfortable with it, not because of the proximity to CSAM but because I don’t like the precedent of anyone scanning my encrypted messages. Give them an inch, etc.
ENT is a great premise and has its moments but it’s not well executed and for that I 100% blame Rick Berman.