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Scott Francis

@darkuncle@infosec.exchange
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Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Joined November 10, 2022
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The Rules:
https://gist.github.com/darkuncle/d366a6c4323db64a7b761704d6f1ab95
The Reading List:
https://gist.github.com/darkuncle/42bdeed4503c6ccd9bdb025f6eb45fc6
Profile photos:
Zuma Beach and Henry Cowell Redwoods

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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 4d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange in my case, the AI does the same searches I would do, summarizes the findings, and cites sources in a tiny fraction of the time it would take me. It’s particularly good at figuring out what that thing is I’m thinking of when I can’t remember enough about it to even do a proper search.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 4d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange I think I agree with you completely here -- with the caveat that they don't *have to* displace learning, when used as a research tool. But it requires both discipline and awareness of the sharp edges to use it as a useful tool and not end up harming yourself. and of course none of that addresses any of the many other drawbacks you mentioned.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @darkuncle@infosec.exchange
also really liked what he had to say about Epsilon Camp (teaching comp sci to middle schoolers): "The whole thing is conducted, not in ignorance, but in conscious defiance of the looming tsunami, that AI can already do just about all the fun puzzles discussed at such a camp better than humans any can, and that it might leave no point to human-led mathematical research by the time these brilliant kids are adults. Even the kids understand that. The kids and their parents come out of a conviction that, if anything has value in the world, this does—that as long as nerdy humans are alive and reproducing, this is what nerdy humans are here to do. To learn."
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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This from Scott Aaronson was good: "Just like the more AI does, the less patience I have for arguing with anonymous blog commenters who treat any benefits from AI as some weird future hypothetical that it’s my job to prove, so it is with quantum advantage. Scalable fault-tolerance is still in the future, actual usefulness is still a question, but pending some breakthrough in complexity theory, the reality of quantum advantage is no longer a live question." (in response to Qedma and IBM showing quantum advantage on simulating Floquet dynamics with a 74-qubit IBM device, with corroboration on Quantinuum hardware) https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9979 https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.24937 #quantum
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social
@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org 100% ! But knowing how to find answers will help you forever, in known and unfamiliar situations. Knowing a particular answer becomes less and less useful as time goes by and the world changes around you.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/117063452233590726 Or do it well, and include a bunch of unverified generative AI output
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to on mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org exactly. I explained to one of my high school aged kids yesterday that knowing how to find answers is far more valuable than knowing any particular answers.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@muddle@infosec.exchange this was an outstanding reference, thanks for surfacing it
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/117062681829551245 This is what came up in conversation here a day or two ago: the real value of primary and secondary education is an learning how to learn, how to think, and how to ask good questions. You might get more specialized information at university, but those three core skills are the ones that matter the most over the course of your life.
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JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social
Here’s what I believe. I believe that structured learning doesn’t answer the entirety of your educational need. I believe that it doesn’t answer even 50% of it. I believe that it lays the groundwork for the rest of your life as a learner. 8/13
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @darkuncle@infosec.exchange
You should read her original post, because it’s GOLD https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/the-costco-theory-of-the-internet
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social ‘s Costco Theory of Internet is now available as a browser extension: https://knockoff.co/
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 07, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social they were definitely not the first ones to do this scan
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mas.to/@PicardTips/117044798588657312 Corollary: everything is a tradeoff. (Rule 3)
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

infosec.exchange
Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange proofs are not written in English. They are *described* in English (or whatever spoken language the author prefers); they are *written* in the language of set theory (see https://youtu.be/X3l0fPHZja8?t=564 ). Mathematical notation is extremely precise and has a strictly defined order of operation (unlike English, which is both ambiguous and contextual)
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange the argument is quite simply that English is an inherently ambiguous language unsuitable for the precision needed for communicating with computers. That we can perhaps work around this, in some cases, with extra effort, is beside the point.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://digipres.club/@foone/117038826379369323 This entire Foone thread is the hardest I have nodded at something in a long time
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Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️ @foone@digipres.club
look there's a billion other reasons why people are against AI and all but fundamentally the core of my person reason is that I've already spent 30 years learning how to teach computers how to do exactly what I tell them to, so I am exceptionally disinterested in having them do things less accurately by talking to them in a sloppier language
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @malwarejake@infosec.exchange
@malwarejake@infosec.exchange great work Jake, and very timely 👍
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Aug 01, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @circuitswan@infosec.exchange
@circuitswan@infosec.exchange looks like fun is underway! I just returned from my first extended family vacation that was NOT a holiday at my mom’s house, and we all had such an amazing time in the redwoods outside Santa Cruz. Have fun next week y’all! @Ajediday@infosec.exchange @XenoPhage@infosec.exchange @TheDrPinky@infosec.exchange @rallias@hax.social @crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange @ajn142@infosec.exchange @dntlookbehindu@infosec.exchange @BabblingGeek@infosec.exchange @mav@defcon.social @sciaticnerd@infosec.exchange @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe @jerry@infosec.exchange @threadzilla@fedigroups.social @jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange @riley@expertsexchange.lgbt @dustinfinn@infosec.exchange @pivot@infosec.exchange @Aneilan@infosec.exchange @thegibson@hackers.town @firefly @lintile@hackers.town @JaysonEStreet@infosec.exchange @montar@kolektiva.social @cillic@infosec.exchange @D4rkm4tter@infosec.exchange @gillis@infosec.exchange @brianrphillips@infosec.exchange @lil_lost@infosec.exchange @zenrandom@infosec.exchange @failOpen@infosec.exchange @rand0h@infosec.exchange @rayredacted@infosec.exchange
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @susankayequinn@wandering.shop
@susankayequinn@wandering.shop “We remember when the internet felt like a reprieve: a place where you built the architecture, and your enemies lacked the tools to break it, and you wrote with carefree curiosity instead of checking boxes. We were too busy discovering each other to imagine anyone merging us into an indistinguishable mass.” 🤌🤌🤌
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Talking to a friend who was remembering his time living in the East Bay like 25 years ago, and he said “Walnut Creek” and even now I mentally append “… ftp.cdrom.com”
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @thepacketrat@infosec.exchange
@thepacketrat@infosec.exchange caring for aging parents is challenging enough when they are cooperative, and nigh impossible when they resist reality. *hugs*
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange it’s true
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Second best thing about vacation: not hearing anything about AI or basically any news Best thing about vacation: setting aside all responsibility that isn’t “what shall we eat today?” and “which trail should we walk this morning?” Worst thing about vacation: having people ask me “what are we doing next?” and then griping about whatever it is that I say in response.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @darkuncle@infosec.exchange
More on #enshittification in that same post: “I have to interact with a variety of vendors in order for you to see these words, and almost every one of them has a degraded fundamental nature that makes them feel indistinguishable from scams. There is a box in the office that has first aid shit, and for months they claimed to be filling it and charging me for it after I cancelled it and they didn't even know where the new office was. I told them about this, and they swore they would talk to another third party about it, and I'm not sure they did because ghosts keep delivering these illusory balms yet sending material invoices.”
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Tycho on Amazon (as a sidebar in a recent post) is very telling; customer obsession (the legendary first LP) has been almost entirely replaced with customer extraction. “When I was trying to set the family up with the newest David Tennant version of Macbeth, which you should absolutely watch, I saw that Masters of the Universe was included with Prime. And it is, but with commercials, and you can buy a subscription for your subscription to take the ads away. I understand this is old news but virtually every interaction I have with that company outside of buying a digital book has been so ground down, so abraded, that it feels just this side of legally actionable.” https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/07/24/the-leto-protocol
The Leto Protocol - Penny Arcade
www.penny-arcade.com

The Leto Protocol - Penny Arcade

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange
@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @mattblaze@federate.social tip of the hat for reminding me of the Risks list, which I haven’t read in probably 10-15 years now ❤️
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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When you’re dropping new exploits and everybody wants a piece #infosec #diving #alttext
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tracksandtreks@social.lol
@tracksandtreks@social.lol pretty much my favorite place ever, just outside of Santa Cruz
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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#silentsunday
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 25, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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/cc @dailyHotWheels@mastodon.world https://bird.makeup/users/rainmaker1973/statuses/2080854300100575520
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @rallias@hax.social
@rallias@hax.social headed to the redwoods and Monterey Aquarium with the family for a week; have been looking forward to this for months @circuitswan@infosec.exchange @TheDrPinky@infosec.exchange @crankylinuxuser@infosec.exchange @ajn142@infosec.exchange @XenoPhage@infosec.exchange @dntlookbehindu@infosec.exchange @Ajediday@infosec.exchange @BabblingGeek@infosec.exchange @mav@defcon.social @sciaticnerd@infosec.exchange @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe @jerry@infosec.exchange @threadzilla@fedigroups.social @jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange @riley@expertsexchange.lgbt @dustinfinn@infosec.exchange @pivot@infosec.exchange @Aneilan@infosec.exchange @thegibson@hackers.town @firefly @lintile@hackers.town @JaysonEStreet@infosec.exchange @montar@kolektiva.social @cillic@infosec.exchange @D4rkm4tter@infosec.exchange @gillis@infosec.exchange @brianrphillips@infosec.exchange @lil_lost@infosec.exchange @zenrandom@infosec.exchange @failOpen@infosec.exchange @rand0h@infosec.exchange @rayredacted@infosec.exchange
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @gyrusinczky@mstdn.social
@gyrusinczky@mstdn.social multiple hikes over 3 days, best hiking trip I’ve taken so far
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/116973617281661471 Threads of encouragement need boosting more than any other kind
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @gyrusinczky@mstdn.social
@gyrusinczky@mstdn.social @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place reminds me of this one I got while hiking Mammoth Lakes, CA last summer ❤️
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to on glauca.space
@q@glauca.space turns out the least efficient solution to traveling salesman problem is not NP-hard 😂
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@tbortels@infosec.exchange @cynblogger@sfba.social also realizing there really are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the Earth’s beaches
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@averagesecurityguy@infosec.exchange 💯
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mastodon.art/@mobydick/116970778557609430 Melville has never felt more relevant
Quoting
Moby Dick @mobydick@mastodon.art
what all this gibberish of yours is about, I don’t know, and I don’t much care
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @cynblogger@sfba.social
@cynblogger@sfba.social and the activity at a scale smaller than the atom, that occurs in every millisecond, is enormous
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Reflecting this morning on the fact that the vast majority of reality operates on a scale that is either too quick or too slow, or too small or too large, for us to perceive. If we could see things as they truly are, it would be more than we could take in.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @fullywoolly@mastodon.social
@fullywoolly@mastodon.social @tinker@infosec.exchange I have a bunch of friends on Fedi who do #solarpunk stuff, kind of a wonderful intersection of maker culture, hacker culture, green and gardening culture, and sustainable practice. Generally distributed/federated, community-focused, and making/growing/creating at home rather than depending on business and government and supply chains. Echoes of the life my grandparents and their grandparents lived on farms in generations past, but amplified with modern tools and techniques as well.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @TheEntity@social.treehouse.systems
@TheEntity@social.treehouse.systems @davidgerard@circumstances.run just as everything old is new again, every good idea is destined to be rediscovered by people who didn’t bother to learn from history
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @ossobuffo@deacon.social
@ossobuffo@deacon.social have never been drunk, find the idea repulsive. Buzzed is more than enough and generally more than I want too. I mostly just enjoy mixology.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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RE: https://mastodon.world/@dailyHotWheels/116965874372243715 I HAVE THIS ONE!!
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Daily Hot Wheels @dailyHotWheels@mastodon.world
This Jaguar XJ220 is one of the 1993 cars. #HotWheels #UltraHots #year1993
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @ossobuffo@deacon.social
@ossobuffo@deacon.social I will have to try it next time with a 1:1 ratio rather than the traditional 2:1.
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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wow. Even Amazon CTO Werner Vogels is saying what I opined on here a couple of weeks ago: that the rise of AI is going to swing the pendulum away from the increased specialization we have seen the past couple of decades in tech, and back towards valuing generalists and systems thinkers again. (Werner is a very smart guy and one of the people whose opinion on tech I value highly.) https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/werner-vogels-amazon-cto-predictions-2026
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@pH_0x05@infosec.exchange I was in this picture and did not like it
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@tbortels@infosec.exchange because Square (same characters! but lots of other changes)
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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@fullywoolly@mastodon.social 100%
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Scott Francis @darkuncle@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Scott Francis
@darkuncle@infosec.exchange

Asking “what if?” for a living, trying to think and act long-term (emerging tech security) • opinions mine, not guaranteed correct • rarely an expert, often an enthusiast • Internet ops since the 20th century • eternally curious • loved beyond comprehension; learning to relax • be kind • celebrate beauty • fear not • keep hope alive • SoCal 🌊

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Replying to @tbortels@infosec.exchange
@tbortels@infosec.exchange the new remake is the same in name only; otherwise it's an entirely new (and gorgeous) game. New story, new gameplay, new battle mechanics options, new PoV, and the whole thing looks like a cutscene even when you're just running between enemies.
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