**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · 2018-03-23T20:27:12Z

Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty @maxeddy

Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty @maxeddy

I guess I never really did an #introduction.

I'm a journalist at PCMag, covering #infosec.
I write the VPN reviews.
I like #bees and #banjos.
I like writing about #technology and humans rather than profit margins.
Every time I see a #tattoo I have to keep myself from getting another.
I worry a lot about surveillance but I have one of those Google cones in my house you can shout at.
I live in #nyc but was born in michigan.
I have five beautiful #rat daughters.

Say hi!

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**The Unsinkable Derek G. ⛵** @derek_g · Mar 23, 2018, 20:28

**The Unsinkable Derek G. ⛵** @derek_g · Mar 23, 2018, 20:28

@maxeddy wassup max eddy

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 23, 2018, 20:29

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 23, 2018, 20:29

@derek_g halo

**The Unsinkable Derek G. ⛵** @derek_g · Mar 23, 2018, 20:30

**The Unsinkable Derek G. ⛵** @derek_g · Mar 23, 2018, 20:30

@maxeddy shit yeah the system works

**Algot** @Algot@mastodon.art · Mar 23, 2018, 20:29

**Algot** @Algot@mastodon.art · Mar 23, 2018, 20:29

@maxeddy

Hello.

Nice intro.

Welcome to this wonderful "place" filled with equally great people.

Hope your experience here is as rich as mine has been.

**mrgah 🌱** @mrgah · Mar 23, 2018, 20:31

**mrgah 🌱** @mrgah · Mar 23, 2018, 20:31

@maxeddy

hello!

*tries to think of small talk*

*still thinking*

go blue?

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 23, 2018, 20:37

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 23, 2018, 20:37

@mrgah Hullo! Love the avi. Do you know which manuscript that's from?

**mrgah 🌱** @mrgah · Mar 23, 2018, 20:42

**mrgah 🌱** @mrgah · Mar 23, 2018, 20:42

@maxeddy

thanks! yes, it's the Oscott psalter (British Library, Additional MS 50000, f. 101r)

it's basically a random image, but I do like it

**✨🏳️‍🌈 Iris Jay 🏳️‍🌈✨** @irisjaycomics · Mar 23, 2018, 20:45

**✨🏳️‍🌈 Iris Jay 🏳️‍🌈✨** @irisjaycomics · Mar 23, 2018, 20:45

@maxeddy hello!!

**Bert Latamore** @BertL · Mar 23, 2018, 22:13

**Bert Latamore** @BertL · Mar 23, 2018, 22:13

@maxeddy Hi Max. I am also an IT journalist, semi-retired now and working freelance. I came into the industry with the PC revolution in 1981, my first job there was news editor of"80 Microcomputer Magazine" I was a daily news journalist /photog for a decade before that. Glad to see other writers here.

**mkb** @mkb · Mar 26, 2018, 06:14

**mkb** @mkb · Mar 26, 2018, 06:14

@maxeddy Hi Max! I’m from Michigan too and live in Oakland, CA. I’m a consultant focusing on infosec and cloud automation.

Who are your favorite VPN providers these days? Private Internet Access generally works well for me but I occasionally find sites which block them.

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 27, 2018, 18:21

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 27, 2018, 18:21

@mkb PIA is great! I really like NordVPN and TunnelBear, although the former is more robust.

**josh** @jomole@octodon.social · Mar 28, 2018, 02:52

**josh** @jomole@octodon.social · Mar 28, 2018, 02:52

@maxeddy yay rat children!

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 28, 2018, 13:51

**Max Eddy More Like Max Sweaty** @maxeddy · Mar 28, 2018, 13:51

@jomole Awww what a sweet Pew! And where is that header image from?

**josh** @jomole@octodon.social · Mar 29, 2018, 00:51

**josh** @jomole@octodon.social · Mar 29, 2018, 00:51

@maxeddy thank you! to be honest I think I just googled "medieval rat" to get that header

**☕🏴☠️ Crazypedia ☕🏴☠️** @crazypedia@toot.chat · Mar 28, 2018, 21:01

**☕🏴☠️ Crazypedia ☕🏴☠️** @crazypedia@toot.chat · Mar 28, 2018, 21:01

@maxeddy #ilikebees ? 🤔