The most popular humans on Mastodon.
Steve Bellovin
@[email protected]I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I’m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.
Joe Ressington
@[email protected]Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts https://latenightlinux.com/about/
I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice.
It seems I was radicalised by basic decency. 🤷♂️
amos
@[email protected]hi, I'm amos! 🍃 they/them 🫐 open-source witch & maker of snappy videos and articles at https://bearcove.eu ✨ be kind, be curious
AkaSci 🛰️
@[email protected]SatCom Scientist
Writing occasionally about science, space missions, astronomy, planetary science, satellites, Democracy and human rights.
He/Him
#science #space #technology #astronomy #satcom #Democracy
Matt Blaze
@[email protected]Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. Formerly UPenn, Bell Labs. So-called expert on election security and stuff. https://twitter.com/mattblaze on the Twitter. Slow photographer. Radio nerd. Blogs occasionally at https://www.mattblaze.org/blog . I probably won't see your DM; use something else. He/Him. Uses this wrong.
Filippo Valsorda
@[email protected]@FiloSottile elsewhere / Cryptogopher / Go crypto maintainer / Professional Open Source maintainer / RC F'13, F2'17
https://mkcert.dev / https://age-encryption.org / https://filippo.io/newsletter
🕳️ “Gaze not into the abyss, lest you become recognized as an abyss domain expert, and they expect you keep gazing into the damn thing.” —@nickm
Viss
@[email protected]D̒͂̕ᵈăᵃn̕ᶰ Ť̾̾̓͐͒͠ᵗe͗̑́̋̂́͡ᵉn̅ᶰtᵗl̀̓͘ᶫe̓̒̂̚ᵉrʳ
:: Founder, Phobos Group
:: Quad Flooper :: Scoville Addict
:: Public Speaker :: food pornographer
:: Twitter Alum (2011-2012)
:: security histrionics
:: finance histrionics
:: tattoo'ed nerd
:: security longhair
part george carlin, part bill hicks, part robin williams.
I run a tiny security consulting company, make hotsauce, watch cartoons and figured out how to weaponize home assistant. I found 118 dollars of btc in my garage.
Bartosz Milewski
@[email protected]Physicist, programmer (Haskell, C++), mathematician, category theorist. Author of Category Theory for Programmers and The Dao of Functional Programming
Matthias Kirschner
@[email protected]The @fsfe 's President
. Working for #FreeSoftware (also known as #OpenSource), so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software ➡ #SoftwareFreedom
Author of the book "Ada & #Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream".
Public Money? #PublicCode ! #DeviceNeutrality #RouterFreedom #ilovefs #YH4F #REUSE #DigitalRights #TechnicalDistributionOfPower #Democracy
Lenny Zeltser
@[email protected]Builder of security products and programs. Teacher of those who run them.
I'm a cybersecurity executive with deep technical roots, product management experience, and a business mindset. I've built security products and programs from early stage to enterprise scale. I'm also a Faculty Fellow at SANS Institute and the creator of REMnux, a popular Linux toolkit for malware analysis. I share perspectives on security leadership and technology at zeltser.com.
Lesley Carhart
@[email protected]
I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires.
ICS cybersecurity person, @pancakescon organizer, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. Speaker available for gigs.
Gin connoisseur. Rodent parent. Some dipshit from Chicago. Now an immigrant in Melbourne.
I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts are entirely my own.
'they/them' 🏳️🌈

Ned Batchelder
@[email protected]Python, software, coverage.py, typography, juggling, Boston, autism (dad). Laughing at the world doesn't mean I don't take it seriously. He/him.
Gina Häußge
@[email protected]🐒 Passionate code monkey 👩💻 Geek 🎮 Gamer 🧗♀️ Bouldering apprentice 💡 Problem solver 🐍 Python wrangler 🐙 Creator & Maintainer of OctoPrint
Admin of plushies.social & one half of @dzoc
This is my *personal* main account on the Fediverse.
⚠️ Please don't tag me on work/OctoPrint related things, use @octoprint for that. Thank you! 💚
📍 Frankfurt, Germany
🗣️ 🇩🇪 & 🇬🇧
Trans rights are human rights.
filippodb ⁂
@[email protected]
Dal 2007 creo e amministro: diggita.com, mastodon.uno, pixelfed.uno e dal 2019 sono membro dei @devol con cui gestiamo una trentina di servizi liberi: https://servizi.devol.it
Mantengo lo starter pack "voci di donne": https://fedidevs.com/s/Nzc1/
Nei miei PC e server uso Linux dal 2000.
Sviluppo siti noprofit (e non solo) dal 1998.
Smanetto ininterrottamente dal 1986:
Papà di 2 gemelli, vivo e lavoro fra Milano e Pordenone.
Alain MICHEL 🤓
@[email protected]Enseignant Formateur Chargé de mission #Numérique éducatif à l'#AEFE – #Formation #Veille #LogicielsLibres #Linux #CommunsNumériques #OpenStreetMap – Référent #Canoprof
Early adopter, ici depuis les débuts de Mastodon en 2017. 🦖
Gardiner Bryant
@[email protected]Editor-in-chief of @thebryantreview, President of @heavyelementinc, FOSS fan, CSS/Web app nerd, Linux zealot, Steam Deck gamer, man of faith, #Mainer, Co-host of @OffTheConsoleShow
Known for The Bryant Review, my Peertube/YouTube channel (@gbryant) and my video games.
Matthias Eberl
@[email protected]Journalist, Educator, Researcher #privacy #security #multimedia Freelancer e.g. SZ, Netzpolitik, Kuketz-Blog.
🏆 Deutscher Reporterpreis
Account is #searchable.
Kim Zetter
@[email protected]Journalist - cybersecurity/national security. Author COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon. Speaker/Signal. Newsletter is called Zero Day. Find it here: https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/. Become a paid subscriber to help support my independent journalism.
Eleanor Saitta
@[email protected]Thinking about security, failure, change, art, and living. Recruiting barbarians; complicate your narratives. Fractional CISO to startups via Systems Structure Ltd. HEL/NYC/LON
Adfichter
@[email protected]Investigative Tech-Reporterin Republik & Dnip.ch
Eigener Blog: techjournalismus.ch
Interests: #Netzpolitik #Privacy #InfoSec #DigitaleEthik #Technology
Awards for the years: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024.
BrianKrebs
@[email protected]Independent investigative journalist. Covers cybercrime, security, privacy. Author of 'Spam Nation,' a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter, '95-'09. Signal: briankrebs.07
krebsonsecurity @ gmail .com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkrebs