Refusing to Feature Without Blocking | Why I Removed Social Media Sharing Buttons For a long time, I featured social media sharing buttons prominently on my website. I didn’t find them especially useful. However, I thought they improved the experience for readers. Other people expected them. I believed, at the […]
Serious Horseplay | When Gifts Become Trojan Horses
Gifts as Trojan Horses | The Security Risk of Swag, Pins, and USB Drives Why high-trust tokens can create low-noise risk, and what “good tradecraft” looks like. The Gift That Keeps on Giving It’s a shame, but it’s reality: sometimes the easiest way into a sensitive environment isn’t hacking […]
Public AI, Private Data | Why Uploading Sensitive Information Is a Systemic Failure—Not an AI Problem
Public AI, Private Data | Why Uploading Sensitive Information Is a Systemic Failure—Not an AI Problem Executive Summary A recent, widely reported incident involving a senior government cybersecurity official uploading sensitive—but unclassified—documents into a public AI system triggered alarms and internal reviews. Predictably, the conversation veered toward “AI risk” […]
Why Some Pages Here Are… Dense
Why Some Pages on the Hunter Storm Official Site Are… Dense This site didn’t start out this way. However, this page is an explanation, not an apology. The earliest versions were deliberately minimal: one clear paragraph per page, a relevant image, and just enough context to let readers orient themselves […]
Optimal Post Timing Is a Myth — Until It Isn’t
Optimal Post Timing Is a Myth — Until It Isn’t | Why I Post on My Terms We’ve all seen it: lists of “best times” to post on LinkedIn, send emails, or schedule meetings. Morning, mid-week, right after lunch… apparently, all perfectly calibrated by someone who doesn’t live your life. […]
When a Search Engine Actually Communicates a Change (Yes, Really)
When a Search Engine Actually Communicates a Change (Yes, Really) Spotted in the wild: an Internet cryptid. Anyone who operates a website for more than five minutes learns a familiar pattern:search engines make changes, and then… nothing. Or worse—pages and pages of words that carefully avoid explaining what actually […]
Announcing the Unofficial Doing It Right Award
Announcing the Unofficial Doing It Right Award This is how you do it right. Real stories of course correction, algorithmic integrity, and the people who still remember why they built these systems in the first place. It’s for those who still understand how to keep these systems accountable. Over the […]