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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026

Thank you @jerry@infosec.exchange for running infosec.exchange. I just renewed my annual donation. If you have the means, please support your maintainers.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Aug 03, 2026

Replying to @simonbs@mastodon.social

@simonbs@mastodon.social my new app has been in review for 3+ days. My new apps usually get rejected (for valid reasons) or accepted much quicker than that. Either my app is strange/difficult (seems pretty vanilla to me), Apple has some sort of backlog/blockage at the moment (likely), or Apple is messing with us (you have to think very unlikely).

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @kyle@mister.computer

@kyle@mister.computer @simonbs@mastodon.social ha one if my new apps just hit “in review”.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @kyle@mister.computer

@kyle@mister.computer @simonbs@mastodon.social it definitely ebbs and flows when new os updates land (i.e. based on volume). And maybe they have automated tools that can automatically parse native apps? Heck, it’s probably random.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @simonbs@mastodon.social

@simonbs@mastodon.social I wonder if apple has an app review response time heuristic. Simple updates to my existing apps are often both responded to and accepted within 48 hours. New apps, or complex changes to existing apps, often seem to require a slightly longer wait before I receive the in review notification. This all could be in my head. Updates to existing apps are already running in testflight so I don’t really feel any delay.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange Kind regards is the correct email sign-off for all emails and you will never convince me otherwise. It’s the tux of sign-offs. Always suitable. Always appropriate. Always elegant.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026

Replying to @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

@b0rk@social.jvns.ca also relative to go, python code does just run materially slower.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026

Replying to @sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social

@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social this is an interesting take but perhaps a little blunt? Routing around censorship, or in other words preventing censors from knowing what people are doing, is a form of privacy. The trade off is trusting the vpn provider.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 20, 2026

Fantastic article. I wholeheartedly agree with every word. And as @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club knows I always quibble so I am as shocked as anyone. https://mastodon.social/@iris_meredith/116951616181287278

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 19, 2026

Replying to @b0rk@social.jvns.ca

@b0rk@social.jvns.ca perfectly logical - you are commodifying your complements. Unless you derive joy from hosting yourself it makes perfect sense to spend your time elsewhere. As long as your stack allows you to easily move to at least two other independent providers.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 19, 2026

Replying to @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 18, 2026

Replying to @phil@front-end.social

@phil@front-end.social @ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club the hermit site is so good. dnd data wizard chic.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 13, 2026

Replying to @Ichinin@infosec.exchange

@Ichinin@infosec.exchange Pick a client who would benefit from you mentioning them as part of your marketing, and ask them politely.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @iris_meredith@mastodon.social

@iris_meredith@mastodon.social That’s exciting! I would be very interested in reading a write up of your platform build experience, and your build vs buy choice regarding payments.

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026

Replying to @johntimaeus@infosec.exchange

@johntimaeus@infosec.exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(Weir_novel)

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Iain McLaren @imclaren@infosec.exchange · Jul 03, 2026

Replying to on mastodon.social

@iris_meredith@mastodon.social It’s an interesting dynamic because fireworks were not approved by modern society - gunpowder is 9th (?) century technology. They were banned. It’s all about societal tolerance for (mostly) accidental harm. I loved setting off fireworks as a young kid. Then the (Australian) Government banned using fireworks without a permit - other than cracker night in the Northern Territory - because the fun wasn’t worth the injuries and property damage. Annoying but I see the logic. Different countries and different cultures treat this trade off differently.

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