Notices by Security Writer :donor: (securitywriter@infosec.exchange)

Shame, that. Anyway…

I’ve just witnessed a horrific LinkedIn trend in person.

There’s an increasing contingent of cultists saying:

“We should refer to the field of IT as ‘AI’ because that’s what the future is”

I’m not sure what podcast they heard it on, but some guy just said to me:

“You work in AI, don’t you?”

Um… no? Security and IT

“Yeah, AI”

This person made a choice to attend a major tech conference and be this stupid.

Stop the planet, I’m disembarking.

Sony:

“You’ll still be able to download 18+ video games, but don’t point that out because that makes the whole thing look as performative as it is”

What are you guys using for Architecture-as-Code these days?

How’s my echo chamber doing this fine evening?

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@cR0w/116360057790053307

Boost for echo effect

Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”

Me: “My account is 23 years old”

Valve: “That just proves your account is old”

Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”

@jerry just thinking through the inevitable nightmares inbound from UK, EU, and US age verification requirements for social media, where does this land us on Infosec.exchange?

Early days I know, but curious on your thoughts.

The trees are just out there fucking each other, huh?

Another related issue, but not AI as such, but I’m being marked down on elements of my work that too closely align to Government policy and legislation.

Of which I’m an unnamed direct contributor and reviewer.

Life as a mature student. 😭

Love getting flagged by an AI service for using AI to plagiarise coursework.

They quote a reference on a AI slop outlet site which scraped the content from another source.

That source was….

Meeeeeeee

Currently arguing with their submissions team.

IP stealing machine gets its IP stolen by IP stealing machine. Cries foul play.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/anthropic-says-chinese-ai-firms-used-16.html

Trump’s bored of peace.

If you haven’t heard, Notepad++’s update process is now ‘effectively unexploitable’.

Not sure about you but that sounds like a challenge to me 🤭

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/notepadplusplus_security_update/

I am LOVING seeing so many AI projects being paused or binned.

There’s one silver lining in the mass layoffs, they can’t lay off their absurd investment in power, cooling, and hardware. Loss adjusters and liquidators are rubbing their hands with glee.

Also, many silicon spinners are demanding 5 year agreements on production. It’s go big or go home time, and there will be some casualties.

One org I reluctantly work with pivoted their entire operating model to AI and agents, and they royally screwed their staff over.

They’re now hiring them as consultants at twice their original salary as everything fell on it’s arse, and who knew that go to market suits with a prompt can’t keep infrastructure or business running. Hilariously I know one engineer negotiated a one-sided 12 month contract notice period.

These people are going to get desperate, fast. Fetch the s’mores and let em roast.

Important stuff. Take note.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/european_parliament_bars_lawmakers_from/

I have 384TB of ECC DDR4 across two blades with 4 CPUs for a combined core count of 96.

It powers a fully populated 192 disk solid state SAN.

I was told it was old and in need of replacing, but apparently now it’s worth more than the GDP of the UK.

Can’t afford to run it (or hear my thoughts when in the vicinity)… but I can sit atop it like a fucking dragon.

And I will.

Why is the PayPal app such an archaic piece of shit?

Open > FaceID > Passkey > 2FA

EVERY. GOD. DAMN. TIME.

And 50% of the time it’ll reset the login process as I switch apps for the 2FA code.

Just screams to me that their auth process is fucked somewhere, so they kill sessions to mitigate risk their side.

It’s Friday my dudes.

Wife couldn’t remember name of the Navy Seals and called them ‘American Water Animals’.

Sorry guys, that’s your name now.