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Formerly VP Identity Security @ Microsoft, now on sabbatical; sailor, musician, off-road enthusiast, photographer, writer, adhd adventurer.

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“This was done by your elected leaders - you are all responsible.”

04.02.2026 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Gut wrenching testimony.

I believe her every word (with triangulation I can’t share).

youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

03.02.2026 23:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again WASHINGTON—Claiming the nation’s beloved North Star State was in peril, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a ransom note Tuesday that told the United States to pay $65 billion if it ever wante...

ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again

01.02.2026 19:00 👍 1828 🔁 336 💬 23 📌 12

4 of these companies you can easily choose to STOP GIVING THEM YOUR MONEY

01.02.2026 05:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is absolutely 🔥🔥🔥

31.01.2026 23:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

13.12.2025 14:16 👍 7613 🔁 2399 💬 122 📌 196

This judge does the thing quoting the Declaration of Independence at the Trump regime then adds for good measure: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power & the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds & are bereft of human decency."

31.01.2026 21:11 👍 3592 🔁 1042 💬 41 📌 44

This. We need more of this - local police enforcing the law.

31.01.2026 21:47 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

What are you doing today in the US? No, you’re not. Go save our democracy instead. www.nokings.org

18.10.2025 13:58 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Definitely no contemporary analogues right? Right?

21.09.2025 18:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Charlie Kirk in his own words. We Report. You Decide.
Charlie Kirk in his own words. We Report. You Decide. YouTube video by The Seneca Project

Who is being canonized today.

youtu.be/6oVcnGg1w2Y?...

21.09.2025 16:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ICE agents escorting Mariner Moose out of T-Mobile Park with hooves behind his back

ICE agents escorting Mariner Moose out of T-Mobile Park with hooves behind his back

ICE Deports Mariner Moose Back to Canada: tinyurl.com/vswvxhrr

09.05.2025 21:53 👍 7298 🔁 1117 💬 234 📌 100
A picture of Mount Rainier (this year's hottest gift) with a timely reminder that "I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 500,000 year commitment." And just in case that didn't fully sink in for you...we also added a note at the bottom stating "Please think hard before you give someone an active volcano this holiday season."

A picture of Mount Rainier (this year's hottest gift) with a timely reminder that "I am not a toy. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 500,000 year commitment." And just in case that didn't fully sink in for you...we also added a note at the bottom stating "Please think hard before you give someone an active volcano this holiday season."

I know, I know....I hate to derail your holiday shopping, but you may want to think twice before you buy the 370 square miles of wrapping paper.

11.12.2024 16:23 👍 346 🔁 94 💬 14 📌 7

Love and gratitude to everyone who has and will contribute to the mission of “protecting the users, organizations and systems who rely on identity from unauthorized access and fraud.” (5/5)

-Alex

12.12.2024 19:50 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I will take a few months for adventuring and to explore options for my next chapter. It will be hard to find a mission or team that holds a candle to this one … but I’ll sure try. 😊 (4/5)

12.12.2024 19:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Today, 12 years after starting the team, I am stepping down to pass the mantle to these incredible people, who are in turn supported by amazing peers, managers, and partners. I can’t wait to see what they achieve next. (3/5)

12.12.2024 19:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Identity Security team’s leads have developed into the strongest group of leaders, supporting the strongest team, that I have ever led. I am confident both in their ability to carry their mission forward with new energy and ideas, and in their unwavering commitment to identity security. (2/5)

12.12.2024 19:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

4 years ago, I told my leads on the Identity Security team that, because our mission’s resilience requires leadership resilience, my top priority was to support their development and then step out of their way. (1/5)

12.12.2024 19:50 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0
Token theft protection with Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender XDR & Windows
Token theft protection with Microsoft Entra, Intune, Defender XDR & Windows YouTube video by Microsoft Mechanics

Video accompaniment to article on token theft mitigations: youtu.be/gPcNlm0CyOw

07.12.2024 15:25 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Defeating Adversary-in-the-Middle phishing attacks | Microsoft Community Hub Welcome to the second in our series of articles on dealing with advanced identity-related attacks.  As we’ve crossed the threshold of more than 40% of...

Second in series on advanced identity attacks and mitigations - Adversary in the middle phishing: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identit...

07.12.2024 15:09 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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How to break the token theft cyber-attack chain | Microsoft Community Hub We're all in to help you defend against token theft. Here are eight things to do to reduce your risk.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/identit... - first in a series on advanced identity attacks - this one about token theft and what to do about it.

07.12.2024 15:07 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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​​8 years as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management​​ | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft is designated a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management for our Microsoft Entra ID products and related solutions. ​

www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...

06.12.2024 04:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Sound of Fear on Air It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.

"Fear is infectious. Let it spread, and it will paralyze us all," writes David Frum.

04.12.2024 21:27 👍 1314 🔁 254 💬 84 📌 31
NTLM v1 is removed from the latest version of Windows

NTLM v1 is removed from the latest version of Windows

Oh by the way

06.12.2024 01:08 👍 101 🔁 35 💬 9 📌 6

Midnight Blizzard Shenanigans - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/08/02/midnight-blizzard-conducts-targeted-social-engineering-over-microsoft-teams/ hint- don’t complete authentications on your app because a stranger asked you to.

02.08.2023 21:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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re-upping this since blocking discourse is happening again

03.07.2023 12:30 👍 423 🔁 150 💬 7 📌 2

"Hey, uh, man! How have you been?!" I exclaim nervously, hoping its someone I actually know

30.06.2023 03:34 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Our friends at bespoke discovered some vendor apps storing data and making auth decisions on email addresses. They reported it, and we are helping mitigate this “false identifier” antipattern: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2023/06/21/azure-active-directory-noauth-attack-route.aspx?m=1

23.06.2023 00:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is next level punning. My rudder’s off to you.

17.06.2023 20:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0