Security

Comic: a ringing desk phone spews tangled gibberish while the host leans back holding a cardboard sign that says TEXT ME. His speech bubble says PUT IT IN WRITING.

Why I Don't Take Phone Calls (It's Not Because I'm Difficult)

I can’t hear you well, I won’t remember it all, and I’ll say the wrong thing on the spot. Then a client proved the fifth reason for me.

In a dark closet beside an elevator lobby, a destination kiosk and controller box sit under a glowing red padlock over one floor button; the ErrorZap host holds a legal document stamped with a gavel and a handheld service tool, saying PATCH IT. SHARE IT.

Locked Floors and Court Orders

KONE’s 2018 Group Controller CVEs, the 2015 court order forcing Otis to provide its service tool, and the ISO standard for safety software in lifts.

White pickup on a desert ridge silhouette with camo-clad contractors as distant stick figures, no faces

Camo Dudes in the Public Record

Perimeter security at Groom Lake shows up in press as contractor labor-EG&G guards even struck in 2001-not as a fan-evasion guide.

A tall solar camera tower with a stylized B on its panel and cameras stacked down the mast

The Pole Camera Field Guide

Plate readers, average-speed towers, gunshot sensors, surveillance trailers and a flood station in the mountains. Twelve kinds of unattended cameras, how to tell them apart, and what each one actually watches.

I Found My Own Server on Shodan

I scanned my own infrastructure like an attacker would — and found an admin panel wide open that my firewall swore was closed.

The Smart Blind That Took Down an Entire Network

A $30 Wi-Fi window blind decided it was the default gateway, and the whole site went dark whenever it felt like it.

I Found a Secret in a Git Repo (It Was Mine)

I went looking for a leaked credential in a client’s stack and found one staring back at me — committed by my own hand, baked into history forever.

The Subdomain That Pointed at Nothing

A routine DNS audit turned up subdomains aimed at servers that died months ago — quiet little doors anyone could walk through.

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