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From Chief Opinion Officer to Action-Taker Security leaders who only assess risks and express concerns operate as Chief Opinion Officers rather than change agents. Delivering outcomes requires agreeing with colleagues on what's real, deciding ...

Security leaders are often trapped in endless assessments and opinion-giving without driving actual change. Staying busy with spreadsheets, dashboards, and emails doesn't move the organization forward.

Here's how we can break out of the "Chief Opinion Officer" mode:

02.03.2026 19:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m happy to continue supporting the โ€œleft wing nut jobsโ€ at @anthropic.com

27.02.2026 22:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Burger King will use AI to check if employees say โ€˜pleaseโ€™ and โ€˜thank youโ€™ Have it your way?

This is insane. What are store managers and supervisors doing? Oh yeah, theyโ€™re being fired.

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

27.02.2026 16:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Disney+ has the weirdest pricing on their invoices. I only want Disney+ without ads, so I should be paying $1.05.

24.02.2026 22:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Same company verifies mugshots for ChatGPT, and offers 269 surveillance checks for US government The identity verification company used by ChatGPT and other major services accidentally exposed its government-authorized platform, which is capable of extensive surveillance.

One more BIG reason that we shouldnโ€™t trust 3rd parties to verify our identities online.
cybernews.com/privacy/pers...

22.02.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Discord to require video selfies or government IDs to verify all usersโ€™ ages Discord will soon require all its users worldwide to verify their ages by sharing video selfies or providing government IDs, a move that coincides with a push for age verification across social media ...

I guess Iโ€™ll be a โ€œteenโ€ on @discord.com after March. No way Iโ€™m giving them my government ID to use all the features on the site.
therecord.media/discord-age-...

11.02.2026 01:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In todayโ€™s #404DeepDive, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social gets into Ringโ€™s new feature Search Party which was advertised at the Super Bowl which essentially turns the entire neighborhood into a security dragnet.

Read more: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

10.02.2026 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 301 ๐Ÿ” 169 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Apple Watch user gave ChatGPT Health his data, with troubling results - 9to5Mac ChatGPT Health launched recently with Apple Health integration, but a journalistโ€™s experiment with the new technology didnโ€™t go very well.

Just don't do this, don't. Seriously, nothing good can come of it.
9to5mac.com/2026/01/26/a...

27.01.2026 22:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

This is basically OpenAI saying weโ€™ll pay you to make AI good enough to steal your job. The ultimate in training your replacement.

www.wired.com/story/openai...

12.01.2026 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records But itโ€™s โ€˜not intended for diagnosis or treatment.โ€™

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

08.01.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1145 ๐Ÿ” 517 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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Delta Air Lines is using AI to set the maximum price youโ€™re willing to pay And seeing โ€œamazingly favorableโ€ results.

Now #Delta, #VirginAirlines, #WestJet et al are moving to the โ€œhold you upside down by the ankles and shake every last penny out of youโ€ pricing model. And you wonโ€™t even know theyโ€™ve done it.

21.07.2025 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

Amazon Ring is introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to peopleโ€™s home security devices.

Helllll no. If you have one of those things, get rid of it. Kill it with fire

19.07.2025 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 4133 ๐Ÿ” 2283 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126 ๐Ÿ“Œ 294
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youtu.be [2019-Keynote] Security Learns to Sprint: DevSecOps by TanyaJanca

๐ŸŽฅ Missed one of my past conference talks? Letโ€™s fix that.

Iโ€™m sharing my favoritesโ€”packed with real-world advice, lessons, and a few laughs.

โ€œSecurity Learns to Sprintโ€
๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ https://twp.ai/9PU4Ry

#CyberSecurity #SecurityAwareness #appsec

21.07.2025 01:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve stuck with that forever, I take my breaks. In โ€œrealโ€ jobs, itโ€™s a lot harder, especially customer facing. But take it, or they wonโ€™t give it.

17.07.2025 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of the best advice I received from a boss very early in my work career was to be careful what precedent you set for your lunch break. As soon as it looks like youโ€™re OK working during your break, people will assume thatโ€™s for ever. This was retail, he made me leave or at least be out of sight.

17.07.2025 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks for โ€œfixingโ€ that, Co-Pilot.

15.07.2025 23:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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10.07.2025 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Much More Must We Bleed? - Citrix NetScaler Memory Disclosure (CitrixBleed 2 CVE-2025-5777) Before you dive into our latest diatribe, indulge us and join us on a journey. Sit in your chair, stand at your desk, lick your phone screen - close your eyes and imagine a world in which things are ...

Sometimes maybe a little humour is what it takesโ€ฆ

09.07.2025 04:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.

"The ministers of Environment from Alberta and Ontario are asking the federal government to โ€œrefrainโ€ from reintroducing legislation that would mandate Canada to provide safe drinking water to First Nations across the country."

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

04.07.2025 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 180 ๐Ÿ” 102 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

Iโ€™m surprised that Iโ€™m surprised. These governments are made up of horrible people.

04.07.2025 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the โ€˜Most Imminent Threatโ€™ of Cyberattacks Right Now The Scattered Spider hacking group has caused chaos among retailers, insurers, and airlines in recent months. Researchers warn that its flexible structure poses challenges for defense.
04.07.2025 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not steel

#magnolia

19.05.2025 02:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rainy day roses

#photography
#roses
#flowers
#raindrops

21.06.2025 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 247 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s like dealing with a child, you have to pick your battles. Itโ€™s really irrelevant โ€œwhoโ€ decided to kick Russia out. It was the right decision and nothing is going to change it right now. Itโ€™s not worth Carneyโ€™s energy to try to correct Trump on every one of his lies.

16.06.2025 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paragon spyware activity found on more journalistsโ€™ devices Two European journalists were among the people recently notified by Apple that they had been targeted with spyware by Paragon, according to a report from the Citizen Lab, with one device showing signs...
13.06.2025 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As we all enjoy this latest episode of โ€œAs the Whitehouse Churnsโ€, donโ€™t forget that Elon has already given all of your personal data to Peter Theil and all the other tech bro oligarchs, and left โ€œBig Ballsโ€ there to continue on. This will not make things better.

05.06.2025 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thinking about the children whose families were subject to police raids because they had pirated the wrong songs

26.05.2025 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2911 ๐Ÿ” 755 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Us: Can we review your incident response plan?

Them: Sure, here it is.

Plan: detect incidents and then resolve them.

26.05.2025 21:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Typical @calgaryherald.com and Post Media slanted reporting. All other news outlets talked about how Carney clearly stated Canada isn't for sale, yet the Calgary Herald chooses to frame the meeting as a failure for Carney because he didn't get Trump to remove tariffs.

06.05.2025 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How's that Windows 10 to Windows 11 migration going? October 14, 2025 is 5 months away...

06.05.2025 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0