Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

Looking forward to #LiveFromHere in a few minutes. Green Music Center is always such a nice venue. It's like being inside of a classical guitar.

I wrote a piece on the @purism blog on why consent is critical for #privacy, the tech industry's failure to get consent, and as a result how "Privacy has become the tattoo removal of the information age". https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-shares-your-secrets-without-your-permission/

#vanlife at #DEFCON means arriving/leaving when I want and avoiding invasive airport and hotel searches. Last year my DEFCON vanlife experiment was a failure. This year I'm hopefully learning from my mistakes:

1. New AC to replace original that 110F Vegas heat killed last year.

2. Camping on strip, so no 30-min commute from camp to venue.

3. Leaving van plugged in, AC on, taking cabs to venues, so no more parking unplugged in direct sun all day (limited high-clearance parking in garages).

Good: burning post-it notes containing secrets after use.
Bad: holding the post-it by the sticky side as you light it. #protip #closecall

Whoever named this needs a lesson in modern #infosec malware branding. "eCh0raix" really? NASty NAP is the obvious choice: https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-new-ransomware-is-targeting-network-attached-storage-devices/

I imagine many in #infosec will conclude the ends justify the means, and I imagine most Apple users won't care, but I still think silently pushing non-interactive 3rd-party app updates to consumer devices is creepy: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/

And we're back in California. What a difference a few states makes.

Whenever I cross the continental divide it's a watershed moment. #roadtrip #vanlife

There's nothing like a road trip to show just how much we overpay for gasoline in California.

"What do you mean 'there are bugs in my candy'"