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Time for a rant

Posted on January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Time for a rant

This post is going to piss some people off, if they read it. I love the infosec community as a general statement, but there are things that get under my skin. I understand people have opinions and thoughts, but sometimes the “rockstars” can go too far. Dan Tentler, @viss on twitter, recently went off on…

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Practice What You Preach

Posted on August 4, 2017 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Practice What You Preach

Over the last week, the infosec community has had a hard lesson thrown at it. Are we going to actually learn from it though?   We are self righteous, our community, the world of infosec. We preach, make fun of, pick on, slam, and do just about anything else negative about how things get handled….

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Google.. what are you doing?

Posted on January 24, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Google.. what are you doing?

Google’s Bradley Horowitz recently announced that Google+ will be accepting Nicknames and Pseudonyms. Considering other changes, is Google+ drowning?

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