CIRCLE WITH A DOT

So…. I’m teaching ICS310 free version with Bruce on Friday at BSides Melbourne, keynoting Sunday, going to the Renaissance festival on Saturday, then the next week I speak at AusCERT.

@device Two floppy drives. B drive, y'all

Lesley, what were you like in the 90s starter pack

This is kind of a silly take. Niantic are absolutely opportunists, who certainly didn’t see AI coming when Pokémon Go or Ingress premiered. What they’ve always been interested in is being a *source of user geolocation data* which they can monetise. First way was lucrative Pokémon IP. Now it’s AI.

Hey, HOPE found a new venue in Manhattan that isn’t following fascist talking points! https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/23/the-hope-conference-is-returning-to-manhattan-august-14th-to-16th-at-the-new-yorker-hotel/

Oh god it’s 2026 and TSA are the good guys (relatively)

@Firesphere Ah, the countries where a pile of meat counts as a salad

@Firesphere Explain HSPs otherwise XD

@Ichinin Game meat is really a tricky one to make tasty. They certainly sell kangaroo in any grocery here. They're overpopulated and culled to protect them from starvation. It cooks down into stew or whatever like venison.

@LapTop006 I am sorry to report the weird Australian pub in Singapore has been advertising a Parmi and I did not go in

@Ichinin I'm... guessing Emu!

(the prompt was "annoying stereotypes about Australia" and I had to add on one that Australians perpetuate)

What does he even think I do?

When the AI company has decided your name is Nathan. Or everyone’s name is Nathan. Yet manages to get the email address right. But thinks you’re in another country.

I definitely trust this AI company to spot security gaps.

I desperately want to reply that my name is Lesley and I live in Australia.

There is only a certain level of chaos and opportunistic disorder that even very good intelligence analysts can predict right now. Anyone could be hit by an attack of opportunity, a mistake, or be a supply vector. Australia’s geopolitical involvement could rapidly change. Raise your defences.

My advice - not either of my employers’ advice - to ANZ orgs regarding to US/Israel/Iran war cyber attacks: seeing a ton of activity. Some targeted, lots opportunistic. If you’re not a geopolitical target, increase threat posture. It’s too chaotic to fully predict and models can change at any time.

@FlohEinstein a bunch of Australians say “d em zee” as a word not an acronym tho

By the way I’m now using Dee-Emm-Zed religiously and none of you can stop me. Blame David Hewlett. ‍️

I want to Indiana Jones yeet a lot of people out of a plane this month. On multiple sides.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260317115005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/17/israel-journalist-polymarket-iran-strike/

“A Times of Israel reporter says online gamblers pressured him to change his story about an Iranian missile strike so they could win a payout.”