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   Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 04:48:46 JST Sumana Harihareswara

   • SwiftOnSecurity
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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 .

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     egyp7 (egypt@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 04:49:16 JST egyp7

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     • jacobian
     • Luis Villa
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     @brainwane @sprblm @luis_in_brief @jacob @evacide Thank you. @SwiftOnSecurity is an absolute legend, for this and so much more of their work

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     Thomas Depierre (di4na@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 04:49:28 JST Thomas Depierre

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     @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

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