Michael Altfield @MichaelAltfield@mastodon.social

Presenting #BusKill: A $20 #DeadManSwitch triggered by someone physically yanking your laptop away from you.

Powered by #USB & #udev.

#opsec #infosec #CyberSecurity #travel #saftey #TravelSecurity #security #privacy

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/01/02/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch/

Want to #monitor your #tor .onion #website but can't do it with your #uptime #monitoring service? This guide shows you how

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2021/03/12/monitoring-tor-onion-websites-uptime-alerts/

@torproject #security #privacy #surveillance #OnionLand #linux #alerts #Tor2Web #events

Want to put your clearnet @wordpress site on the @torproject darknet? This guide shows you how

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2021/02/12/wordpress-multisite-tor-alias/

#wordpress #security #privacy #surveillance #tor #onionification #OnionLand #website #blogging

My websites are now on the @torproject #darknet!

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2021/01/15/onion/

http://tech.michaelahgu3sqef5yz3u242nok2uczduq5oxqfkwq646tvjhdnl35id.onion/2021/01/15/onion/

#security #privacy #anonymity #tor

Continuous Documentation: Hosting Read the Docs on GitHub Pages (part 2/2)

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/07/23/sphinx-rtd-github-pages-2/

#devops #python #github #cicd #serverless #sphinx #readthedocs #writethedocs #documentation #docker

Continuous Documentation: Hosting Read the Docs on GitHub Pages

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/07/18/sphinx-rtd-github-pages-1/

#devops #python #github #cicd #serverless #sphinx #readthedocs #writethedocs #documentation #docker

Today the number of #COVID19 positive cases worldwide broke 2 million. It took 4-months to hit 1 million and only 13-days to break 2 million. The good news is #stayhome appears to be working to #FlattenTheCurve

https://www.coviz.org/e2a/2020-04-14/

#dataviz #coronavirus

I couldn't find a website that was extrapolating the #COVID19 dataset, so I decided to build one

Introducing Coviz

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/coronavirus-extrapolation/

#stayhome #dataviz #FlattenTheCurve #coronavirus

Following the news of the #AuthenticationBypass #exploit in #phpList v3.5.0, I've just published a #hardening guide for @phpList

#OpenSource #EmailMarketing #newsletter #security #infosec #CVE-2020-8547 #exploit #vulnerability #gdpr #php #nginx

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/02/14/phplist-hardening-security/

Cool, my article on the #BusKill #DeadManSwitch was just featured on #PCMAG :D

#opsec #infosec #CyberSecurity #travel #safety #TravelSecurity #security #privacy

https://www.pcmag.com/news/372806/programmers-usb-cable-can-kill-laptop-if-machine-is-yanked

Cool, my article on the #BusKill #DeadManSwitch was just featured on @ForbesMagazine :D

#opsec #infosec #CyberSecurity #travel #safety #TravelSecurity #security #privacy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/01/03/this-20-usb-cable-is-a-dead-mans-switch-for-your-linux-laptop/

Cool, my article on the #BusKill #DeadManSwitch was just featured on @ZDNet :D

#opsec #infosec #CyberSecurity #travel #safety #TravelSecurity #security #privacy

https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-usb-cable-kills-your-linux-laptop-if-stolen-in-a-public-place/

Presenting #BusKill: A $20 #DeadManSwitch triggered by someone physically yanking your laptop away from you.

Powered by #USB & #udev.

#opsec #infosec #CyberSecurity #travel #saftey #TravelSecurity #security #privacy

https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/01/02/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch/

Wow, the push for ubiquitous encrypted DNS is probably the best thing to come out of 2019.

Hat's off to Mozilla! This feels like the post-Snowden wave of enforcing https on across the net in 2013. By this time next year, we'll all be a lot safer.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-adding-dns-over-https-doh-to-windows-10/

AirVPN 3-year plans for €65, nice!

IMHO, AirVPN is one of the better VPN providers out there, especially if you need to use clever techniques to bypass DPI or other censorship/anti-VPN tools.

My biggest gripe about AirVPN is that they don't appear to care about their customer's anonymity.

Both @cryptostorm and mullvad offer accounts without collecting any PII (just a token, no email address necessary).

* https://airvpn.org/buy/

* https://cryptostorm.ch/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6173&p=8861

* https://mullvad.net/en/help/no-logging-data-policy/#numbered

In light of our Attorney General failing to grasp the consequences of putting backdoors into consumer products, I discovered the #darknetdiaries podcast. Episode 12 tells the history of the #CryptoWars -- sometimes history rhymes https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/12/