Mike Owens

Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking Cellebrite can apparently extract data from most Pixel phones, unless they’re running GrapheneOS.

"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Headed to the Queen City Conference? Don’t miss @qu13t0ne.bsky.social presenting “I Will Survive: Protecting Backup and Recovery in the Age of Ransomware” on Friday, November 7 at 1:00 PM. See you there, Cincinnati! queencitycon.org

Which public cloud infrastructure provider will go down today and why does nobody care if it's GCP?

Queen city conference logo, a stylized Cincinnati skyline but the buildings are circuit boards

Excited to share that I'm presenting at Queen City Conference in Cincinnati, Nov. 7-9. Join me Friday afternoon for "I Will Survive: Protecting Backup and Recovery in the Age of Ransomware". See you there! queencitycon.org
#cybersecurity #conference #backups #ransomware

The only check-and-balance that actually matters

"It turns out, in the end, that there’s only one check and balance that actually matters: Good character. Everything else in a constitutional system follows and relies on that simple foundation." Another incisive take from @vermontgmg.bsky.social
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...

Pls, usem Linux

Just pause mid presentation to ask the audience why Adele crossed the road.

A: So she could turn back and say ...

"I want to be better." Amen.

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost.

We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Check out my latest work -- a framework for ensuring you can recover from backups when disaster strikes!

Live updates: Shooter at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people A gunman identified as Robin Westman has killed two children and injured 17 other people at a Minnesota Catholic school on Wednesday before killing himself, officials said.

"'Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,' [Minneapolis Mayor Jacob] Frey said at a news conference outside the school. 'These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.'"
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We haven't learned a darn thing.

They're in Georgetown, which if you know Washington, tells you how stupid this invasion of DC is.

The Harder Right I spent 25 years in uniform, including four as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point and two and a half more teaching economics and national security at West Point’s Department of Social Sciences, USMA (a.k.

Former CISA Director Jen Easterly responds to the DOD retracting her teaching position at West Point due to Loomer's conspiracy theories

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"nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
www.usconstitution.net/xconst_am14-...
(3/3)

"and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; ...
(2/3)

Today is the 157th anniversary of the official adoption of the #14thAmendment to the U.S. #Constitution. Seems like an appropriate time to post the text of article 1 in particular, just in case anyone has forgotten what it says:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ...
(1/3)

A group of lions lounging on a dirt road, a safari vehicle is approaching in the background.

me: they’re just-
wife: don’t say it
me: ...
wife: I mean it
me: ...
wife: ...
me: lion there

Issue 2: #wallabag struggled with importing the 12K saves I was trying to bring over. Plus the Pocket imports in Wallabag don't preserve tags. So fix is another script to convert pocket export to wallabag v2 json format, with some extra processing to handle the 'favorite' tag.

Et, voila!

Issue 1: #Pocket CSV export *doesn't indicate favorites!!!* With over 700 favorited articles, this wasn't gonna fly for me! Fix is to use the Pocket API to add a custom tag (which does export) to all articles before exporting.

GitHub - qu13t0ne/pocket2wallabag: PowerShell scripts to ease the migration from Pocket (RIP) to wallabag PowerShell scripts to ease the migration from Pocket (RIP) to wallabag - qu13t0ne/pocket2wallabag

With the demise of @mozilla.org #pocket app, I'm switching to #selfhosted #wallabag. To migrate my thousands of saved articles and hundreds of favorites, ended up building a few scripts to fix migration deficiencies on both sides. Check it out if you're moving too: github.com/qu13t0ne/poc...

Home workout station with two kettlebells on the wooden floor, which is painted with the words 'get after it'

What saves a man is to take a step.
Then another step.
It is always the same step,
but you have to take it.
(Saint-Exupéry)

Monitoring Microsoft Entra ID Break Glass Accounts: Best Practices & Real-Time Alerts Part 1/2 Monitor Entra ID break glass accounts with real-time alerts, audit logs, and best practices to ensure emergency access is always secure

Nice clear article on setting up break glass monitoring in Microsoft Entra
www.thetechtrails.com/2025/06/moni...

Finished watching #Andor last night. So good all around. Story telling, characters, cinematography, complexities of motivations both good and I'll.

A show timely and relevant, unfortunately.

I have friends everywhere.

Meme reads: The server was infected by ransomware. Where is backup? On the server.

C'mon folks, it's 2025. If your Disaster Recovery Plan doesn't account for a major ransomware attack, what are we even doing here?

No, this isn't about anyone in particular. But if you feel triggered right now, just think of this as a friendly nudge.

Remembering Pope Francis: I wrote the following post in 2016, when the book The Name of God is Mercy was first published. With the Holy Father’s passing this morning, it seems appropriate to re-share, as something of a memorial.
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Descansa en paz, Papa Francisco

"There can be no peace without freedom of religion, freedom of thought, freedom of expression and respect for the views of others (4-20-25)." #PopeFrancis

Honoring a Military Family’s Final Gift - erinthompsonphoto.com A sacred story of loss, legacy and love, shared with permission to honor a military family and raise awareness around PTSD in the military.

Military PTSD victim final goodbye - a powerful photo essay by my sister-in-law. erinthompsonphoto.com/2025/04/16/h...