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Ross Kinder

@rosskinder.bsky.social

A blind squirrel, who occasionally finds a nut. CTO at getnametag.com. Nerd of security, airplanes, & microphones. he/him

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For a while I was worried that I was going to have to become an army copyeditor, but I managed to dodge the draft.

05.11.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

Listen. Maybe you don’t need a big global multi-region blah blah. All you need to do is use us-east-2 instead.

21.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View from inside inflatable costume of an inflatable hippo and unicorn at protest

View from inside inflatable costume of an inflatable hippo and unicorn at protest

Inflatable hippo and unicorn at protest with American flag in the background

Inflatable hippo and unicorn at protest with American flag in the background

Ann Arbor #nokings β€οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

18.10.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View of the crowd for concert at Michigan stadium

View of the crowd for concert at Michigan stadium

28.09.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œRobert Muller Conference Room” IYKYK

21.09.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

initd?

more like initdeeznuts

18.06.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You may find it distasteful. That’s okay. But there is a legitimate need for such comms to be protected. If not in protected systems, the comms will still happen. Much much better protected than not.

27.02.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages

The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used it for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used it for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

If you think about this for even a short time, you’ll come to realize that there are very compelling reasons to protect the personal, intimate communications of IC employees.

27.02.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know exercise is good for you because I just bumped into a friend while taking a walk and she gave me her HBO login

26.02.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2725    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 2

The leaders of our institutions need to stop pretending they are running a hedge fund and start being actual leaders.

26.02.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: It doesn't have a tail, so I'm pretty sure it's a hamster.

Tech support: *sigh*

Fine. Right click on your hamster...

27.12.2024 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12001    πŸ” 1189    πŸ’¬ 281    πŸ“Œ 72
screenshot of go code generating an RSA certificate

screenshot of go code generating an RSA certificate

I would literally rather write 55 lines of go than invoke openssl once.

03.12.2024 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

despite living under enormous pressure whales very rarely give up hope

23.11.2024 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 435    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
Birmingham. A walkable city.

Birmingham. A walkable city.

Spotted from the other side of ten lanes of traffic.

17.11.2024 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A door lock with a keypad. Sticker below says β€œCode 1 w2 3 4 5”

A door lock with a keypad. Sticker below says β€œCode 1 w2 3 4 5”

Account recovery in 2024

12.11.2024 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thread is true. But also sometimes there actually IS a villain.

10.11.2024 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Plate of cookies with a note that reads β€œwhen life gives you lemons make lemon cookies”

Plate of cookies with a note that reads β€œwhen life gives you lemons make lemon cookies”

Neighbor brought these by today. ❀️

09.11.2024 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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