Bob Lord

@boblord.bsky.social

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Cautiously pessimistic, esp. about cyber things. The owls are not what they seem. 🗻🗻🦉🌲🪵 🍒🥧☕️🍩 🕵🏼‍♀️ 👍🏻 Also: 🔐🔑🔒 And of course: hacklore.org Other account: @hacklore.bsky.social

Angine de Poitrine band members in their polka dot outfits waving to the Artemis crew from the lunar surface.
1950s era drawing of a suitcase packed with business attire, and a Hacklore bingo card with squares for things like avoiding public wi-fi.
Whimsical image showing memory safety fortification in Apple products
Agent Dale Cooper dictating to his secretary Diane, announcing his arrival in the town of Twin Peaks on February 24th.
Claude telling me today is 2025.
Warning asking me if the email is spam or looks safe
A still from the video from The Talking Heads song Once in a Lifetime, with the lyrics changed to "You may find yourself living with the same vulns..."
Front of a tshirt with the word “hacklore” inside a red circle and slash.
SNL's Stefon covering his face.
Image of the Zotero web app where the PDF displayed is in a tiny box rather than expanding to fill the window.
A chrome extension that says it can read and change all data on all websites I visit.
Stage at the Castro Theatre in SF with many of the actors from the Twin Peaks TV show.
Waterfall in front of the Great Northern hotel.
Screenshot of a VPN vendor falsely claiming my internet connections are not secure.
Bobmoji thinking the word Fascinating
Special Agent Cooper about to stick a fork into an oversized electrical socket. Text saying: About to look up the CWE for this CVE.
me: If you prefer the cryptography of a free VPN product over the cryptography of your browser... ChatGPT: ...you might be a TLS denier.
🔥 Hot take incoming! 🔥 Over the past decade, we’ve seen phenomenal progress in HTTPS adoption. I call it “The Quiet HTTPS Revolution,” and I wrote all about it here: https://medium.com/@boblord/the-quiet-https-revolution-637a1c40ec6a It’s been a game-changer, and we should totally celebrate this victory! 🥳🎉🔒 But here’s the thing: it’s almost 2025, and we should already be at 100% HTTPS for 95% of users. 🌐 Knowing what we know about today’s threat landscape, there’s just no reason why my dad (or other average users!) should land on a site without HTTPS, or use an app that fetches assets over HTTP—like the Neiman Marcus iPhone app. 🚫📱❌ https://bsky.app/profile/boblord.bsky.social/post/3lcqoeipk7r2n Yes, the last mile is always tough, but it’s also essential. 🛤️ The internet can be a dangerous place, and it’s time for operating systems and browsers to step up and prioritize our safety. 🛡️💻 If we can’t have that by Christmas 🎄, can we at least aim for the 4th of July? 🎆🎇 🙏 Let’s make this happen! #HTTPS #InternetSafety 🔐
The Blues Brothers are remarking that the new Oldsmobiles are in early this year. I changed the text to say ChromeOS instead.
Kreskin touching my head and reading my mind.
Atomic Age style poster of a man on a laptop in a coffee shop using public wi-fi. The coffee cup says Wi-Fi.
Agent Cooper entering the town of Twin Peaks on February 24th.