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Independent investigative journalist. Writes about cybercrime. Author of 'Spam Nation', a NYT bestseller. Wrote for The Washington Post '95-'09

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    briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 26

    Being in infosec for so long takes its toll. I've come to the conclusion that if you give a data point to a company, they will eventually sell it, leak it, lose it or get hacked and relieved of it. There really don't seem to be any exceptions, and it gets depressing.

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      2. Criptext‏ @Criptext Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs

        All the more reason why one should choose an email service that doesn’t collect your data 😌

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 26
        Replying to @Criptext

        Whatever. With email there are other considerations. For me, it is the likelihood that the email provider will get hacked (again). I'm willing to bet Google has invested orders of magnitude more than other providers in making sure that doesn't happen again. I hope that's true.

        4 replies 2 retweets 49 likes
      4. Netz0‏ @netz0com Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs @Criptext

        As a security researcher you absolutely should run your own email server. It takes 30 minutes and its extremely easy. Here https://mailcow.email 

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. @Xam017‏ @Xam017 Sep 26
        Replying to @netz0com @briankrebs @Criptext

        Because Brian is a well-known security researcher, he would be better served by Google's advanced protection program. Ignoring privacy here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      6. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 27
        Replying to @Xam017 @netz0com @Criptext

        Spoken like someone who is selling mail server software/services. In my experience, very few people know how to run a mail server securely.

        3 replies 0 retweets 42 likes
      7. Hard Soft & Floppy‏ @HardSoftnFloppy Sep 27
        Replying to @briankrebs @Xam017 and

        My mail server loads from 27 floppy disks, and is air gapped from the outside world. It can’t send or receive, but it’s like... so secure.

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. PeterS‏ @BOSsportsaddict Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs

        How much is laziness and how much is intentional?

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 26
        Replying to @BOSsportsaddict

        I think a lot of it is sheer incompetence.

        16 replies 7 retweets 169 likes
      4. PeterS‏ @BOSsportsaddict Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs

        That’s depressing. As someone who is 6 months from their bachelors in Cyber Security this is troubling to hear. Frequent reader of your website btw. A professor of mine at SNHU steered my class in your direction

        5 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. J. Miller‏ @conjecturally Sep 26
        Replying to @BOSsportsaddict @briankrebs

        #jobSecurity

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
      6. Brian Smith‏ @Briansmitherz Sep 27
        Replying to @conjecturally @BOSsportsaddict @briankrebs

        That's how I look at it. As an Information Security Specialist I don't have any fears of not ever having a job. My job just gets harder every day

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      2. Miriam Levenstein‏ @mirlev1 Sep 27
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Do you think GDPR may drive some improvements in securing personal information?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 27
        Replying to @mirlev1

        I'd like to think so. What I think it probably is driving is improvements in compliance with the letter of the law.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Locke Brown‏ @LockeBrown Sep 30
        Replying to @briankrebs @mirlev1

        Compliance is not security

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Joey Lacava‏ @jpl154 Sep 27
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Posted this awhile back, feels relevant here.pic.twitter.com/JuGUxPBA7G

        1 reply 21 retweets 70 likes
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      2. alienghic@octodon.social‏ @alienghic Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs

        Someone had a rule "data eventually becomes public or deleted"

        2 replies 3 retweets 27 likes
      3. 29A‏ @MossOnStuxnet Sep 26
        Replying to @alienghic @briankrebs

        Public and not deleted

        0 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Scott @ NYCC2018 MCOC‏ @zen_rage Sep 26
        Replying to @briankrebs

        I switched from IT security to app sec, and I hate myself a bit less, but the same lack of concern exists. No one wants to budget for handling/addressing bad things, in any way shape or form.

        3 replies 5 retweets 12 likes
      3. idubrawsky‏ @idubrawsky Sep 27
        Replying to @zen_rage @briankrebs

        I second this sentiment. Years in appsec and hwsec and I keep seeing developers trying to skirt around the controls and practices we put in place to keep bad things from happening.

        0 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
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