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Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
@CrispinCowan0
Heretical investor: Long-only momentum compounding, CAGR maximalist Infosec legacy: Stack canaries, LSM, AppArmor, AppContainer ErdΕ‘s 3 Pronoun: "Doctor"
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Apr 22, 2016
    1. Much harder to sanitize code than data. 2. It's all code.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Apr 25, 2019
    Tip for #infosec n00bs: don't go to cons to learn, you can't learn a subject in a day. Go to cons to learn what you should learn. Being at the con gives you a taste of topics (see which interest you) and which are popular. Then, write down topics, buy books, go home and study.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Apr 9, 2019
    OMG! Stack canaries are old enough to drink 🍻 #stackguard usenix.org/legacy/publica…
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Nov 6, 2023
    I’ve spent the last 2 years at @Tanium, best job I ever had. But resource realignment happens, and I am seeking a new opportunity. I am a security innovator, to the extent that nearly every computer on the Internet is using at least one of my technologies or inventions. 1/n
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Jan 29, 2020
    then I have been using that phrase wrong. When I say it, I mean "I actually hope that I helped you."
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Nov 10, 2018
    I am convinced that i stuck the landing when i met my wife @nancilishus in part because i whispered her persnickety kitty Nola
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Dec 28, 2022
    Replying to @nixcraft
    It's the special character fetish, an obsolete understanding of how password strength really works (@xkcd 936)
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Jun 8, 2023
    Replying to @BadMedicalTakes
    Shocking, just shocking that a child might realize their sexual identity when puberty hits. Shocking! 🀣🀑
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Jun 12, 2019
    Replying to @mistressmatisse and @CNN
    Let's say that is it is news that bears repeating, until it sinks in.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Aug 2, 2023
    Replying to @thiojoe
    The Microsoft internal name for that is "crapware". MSFT does not like crapware, it makes PCs suck compared to Macs in that regard. But they can't get rid of it either, because the crapware provides a LOT of profit margin for PC hardware vendors.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Jan 4, 2018
    Replying to @skalnik
    CPU predicts you will walk into a bar, tosses your wallet ahead of you into said bar. When you don't walk into the bar, hilarity ensues :)
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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    Oct 22, 2018
    Replying to @SteveBellovin and @ajplus
    Interesting. Uruguay was first to legalize weed too. Quite the progressive place!
    fortune.com
    Canada Today Becomes the Second Country to Legalize Weed. Here's What It Can Learn From the First |...
    Until the U.S. stops treating payments for marijuana like those for harder drugs, international financial institutions will shy away.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
    @CrispinCowan0
    Feb 6, 2022
    Divide the price of the thing being offered by the value of the component parts. If you get a divide-by-zero error, it is a Ponzi scheme. Doing the math for most #NFTs and #cryptocurrencies left as an exercise for the reader.
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    Crispin Cowan πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
    @CrispinCowan0
    Jan 28, 2022
    I am starting a new role at @Tanium πŸ˜ƒ "Who?" my #infosec friends might ask? I had not heard of them either, but my friend @AaronMargosis is there, so must be interesting πŸ˜‰ Tanium is a powerful systems management product, and my role is security innovations 😎

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