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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy

@maxeddy@infosec.exchange
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The dampest award-winning #infosec journalist at the conference. Covering privacy, security, and platforms for Wirecutter, previously of PCMag. Top image by Miguel Porlan for Wirecutter.
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Proud #union member.
Former write-in candidate for Washtenaw County drain commissioner.
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Joined August 28, 2018
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
I love the colors on the new flip-style LightPhone, I just wish it had Signal.
The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove
The Verge

The Light Flip is a minimalist flip phone with a point to prove

Job number one: don’t look like a smartphone.

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Shout out to JFK terminal 8 for the worst, most de-humanizing experience I've had in years. Amazing innovations in misery.
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Beautiful breakdown of all the computers in Jurassic Park https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html
fabiensanglard.net

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 5mo ago

Somehow missed this earlier in the week, extremely weird behavior.
https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-edge-password-manager-storing-credentials-plaintext

Microsoft Edge storing passwords as plain text? Microsoft responds.
Mashable

Microsoft Edge storing passwords as plain text? Microsoft responds.

A cybersecurity researcher discovered a big potential issue with Edge's password manager.

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Replying to
@thegibson@masto.hackers.town I do know the one that says "MALWARE" on it at one point also had an Ubuntu installer so it's impossible to know if it's safe to plug in.
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 6mo ago

Transparency around AI, reasonable layoff provisions, and the requirement that employees can only be punished for a reason are such reasonable asks and yet they're always what management balks at.

#union

https://hellgatenyc.com/propublica-first-strike-one-day/

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 6mo ago

The #union workers at @ProPublica@newsie.social are on strike today! ✊
https://bsky.app/profile/propublicaguild.org/post/3miy5alnti224

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 6mo ago

This wall of iMacs is...mesmerizing.

Taken from this story: https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/08/europes-largest-apple-museum-opens-to-the-public-in-the-netherlands/

Europe’s largest Apple museum now open in the Netherlands - 9to5Mac
9to5Mac

Europe’s largest Apple museum now open in the Netherlands - 9to5Mac

The Apple Museum, in Utrecht, opened a few days ago, just in time for Apple’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 3mo ago
Replying to
@jerry@infosec.exchange 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 3mo ago
A great piece from my colleague @kimberstreams@mastodon.social about how to fight phantom FedEx fees. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/dispute-fedex-customs-fee/
nytimes.com
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 5mo ago

Extremely sickos at the prospect of a new Flipper.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/flipper-one-hacking-tool-tiny-linux-pc/

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 6mo ago

Helluva view

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 48mo ago

:pulls on my comically large WW1 fighter ace goggles:

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 3mo ago
Curious if anyone has thoughts about Osprey? I haven't tried it but I am guessing some of you have. https://github.com/OspreyProject/Osprey
github.com
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Solidarity with the workers organizing at Wikimedia #unionhttps://www.theverge.com/news/972182/wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-union-editor-strike
theverge.com
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 2mo ago
Having to pull up one of my own articles to figure out how to turn on Apple Advanced Data Protection. 🤣
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 6mo ago
Replying to
@wagenseil@infosec.exchange "famed cybersecurity gadfly Bruce Schneier" is an all-timer phrase
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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 34mo ago
Replying to
@saschasegan@mastodon.online Musk could never inspire something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4S0OzdpQfE

Howard Hughes' Blues

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Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy @maxeddy@infosec.exchange
· 33mo ago
Replying to
@saschasegan@mastodon.online @ethanOS@infosec.town sure do have one! It's great; got it at Sascha's recommendation. I haven't messed with the OS, tho. Just running it stock.
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