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"I want you to imagine someone for me. Her name is Jessica and she is 17 years old...."
For years, "A Story About Jessica" (a computer security parable @SwiftOnSecurity wrote, published on their Tumblr in 2014) was pretty hard to find.
Per the CC BY license, I've now republished it so it's easier to discover and reference.
http://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/a-story-about-jessica-by-swiftonsecurity/
My comments in the post include pointers to relevant work by Mark Pilgrim, @sprblm , @luis_in_brief , @jacob , and @evacide .
ung @brainwane Eva's toot required scrolling to read here; maybe copy the text into the post?
@pronoiac Thanks for the bug report. I'm going to leave it as is for now given that there's a hyperlink to the original as well, and since it's a pretty minor issue. But I may ask @culagovski for help improving embeds for the future.
@brainwane @sprblm @luis_in_brief @jacob @evacide Thank you. @SwiftOnSecurity is an absolute legend, for this and so much more of their work
@brainwane It is such an incredible honor to read this. Thank you. I had no idea this had percolated to so many people.
@SwiftOnSecurity @brainwane heads up, it's on @lobsters - https://botsin.space/@lobsters/112886023619309329
@brainwane idk if you would count it as such, but everytime we mention this topic, i also think of https://firesidefiction.com/carborundorum-dev-null as a prior art.
It is slightly to the side of this, and also directly in the center. If it makes sense.
And thanks. It is a good story and useful one. Also one i have used, showing it to previous partners, to explain why I am cautious giving advices, and why i recommend a password manager. Because it is too easy as a partner to install stalkerware under the guise of help
@brainwane @SwiftOnSecurity @sprblm @luis_in_brief @jacob @evacide thanks for sharing this! Having been the guy in my family/friends bubble to support with home IT issues I can totally relate!
@brainwane @SwiftOnSecurity this really puts things in perspective, wow