Jason Parker (he/they)

#infosec researcher | independent #journalist | #software #developer | #telephony #engineer | #opensource contributor

The foremost expert on court #cybersecurity vulnerabilities? https://govtech.cc

#IDN/#Punycode testing.

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(* = Mastodon bug)

Verifibation™️: https://v.jeltz.org
Jeltz: https://jeltz.org
Disclosures: https://govtech.cc
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/northantara
Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/northantara
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IDN: https://ྌ.com
Gravitar: https://gravatar.com/northantara
Oink: https://oink.ing

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NIP-05 Address

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Last Notes

2026-07-07 20:59:12 UTC

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Somebody had to trace that to remove it.

2026-07-07 19:33:11 UTC

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don't need a password manager if you use the same password everywhere

2026-06-22 01:10:38 UTC

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Wood. Everywhere. (also I accidentally posted this with no context, without the tag, and oh my would that not have gone well)
#Monsterdon

2026-06-22 01:02:42 UTC

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That vampire must be very confused by the events of the last several moments.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-22 00:59:38 UTC

Root post for Monsterdon. End of the World (1977)
#Monsterdon

2026-06-18 15:16:53 UTC

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but only between meetings

2026-06-18 15:14:09 UTC

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with Confluence and Jira following behind that, then comes IRC/Slack/Teams

2026-06-18 15:10:32 UTC

Something I've noticed since being employed in the security industry. There sure are a lot more spreadsheets than I'd have thought.

2026-06-12 16:49:01 UTC

I'm no longer a developer, so I don't get to push to prod on Fridays anymore. Anybody feel like giving me access to their CI/CD pipeline, so I can make sure things work, by pushing to prod?

2026-06-11 16:34:07 UTC

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amazing

2026-06-08 02:22:06 UTC

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Why does the arm make hardware noises now?
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 02:16:40 UTC

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Might've been faster to run.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 02:14:13 UTC

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It seems very convenient to have your bikes when travelling around a classroom.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:59:17 UTC

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[Prevent Gang War]
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:36:21 UTC

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Chekov's banana
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:35:09 UTC

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Is this bot keeping mementos?
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:29:32 UTC

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I wonder whether blue or red are better. Do you think they have scents?
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:09:08 UTC

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Less than 9, if they aren't seniors.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:08:48 UTC

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This is all 9 years after the move came out, BTW.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:03:45 UTC

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A MILLION MEGABYTES?
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:02:41 UTC

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I need to get some of those. Do I need a prescription for that?
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:01:44 UTC

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Take that, Seattle.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-08 01:00:55 UTC

Root post.
#Monsterdon

2026-06-05 23:20:08 UTC

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oh yeah, that's not happening

2026-06-05 23:18:54 UTC

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That's probably the better solution, isn't it? Now I need a talent instead...

2026-06-05 23:15:28 UTC

Here I am, watching TV and writing some code in vscode, when all of a sudden an AI chat box came up and started transcribing the TV show as though it were a request.
I could get mad. Or...
1) Learn a useful skill to...
2) Get on TV and once there...
3) Talk to the developers who are watching...
4) So that the AI hears and acts on it

2026-06-05 18:28:25 UTC

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so, up

2026-06-05 18:16:01 UTC

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in which direction is one to stab?

2026-06-01 16:36:48 UTC

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2026-05-31 13:19:05 UTC

Do you follow any tags?

2026-05-27 12:59:32 UTC

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Ordered!

2026-05-27 12:21:31 UTC

I wear a hoodie all winter (and any time it's cool enough - and then some). Any suggestions on something I can wear over my head like a hoodie, but not really hot?
#ActuallyAutistic #Autism

2026-05-21 00:14:54 UTC

Jjesus christ AI companies, if you're going to crawl things, at least rate limit it and don't use *checks notes* well over a thousand IPs.
I would very highly recommend blocking 43.172.0.0/15.

2026-05-18 14:29:42 UTC

What is one supposed to do when they see an unsolicited, man'splainy, victim-blaming reply? Private mention to explain the error of their ways? Public flogging? Quote-posting? (Don't make me upgrade Mastodon...) Leave it to the original poster to handle it (via block, report, whatever)?

2026-05-13 18:41:18 UTC

New fedi rule¹²: You aren't allowed to change your profile image until you make at least 3 announcements on at least 3 consecutive days.
¹ that I just made up right now
² I have zero authority

2026-05-08 15:51:49 UTC

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I think this might be worthy of summoning Dan to see if he had any problems when doing this. It would definitely be a good idea to create a test account over there and also check the raw json that it outputs from the .well-known endpoints (whose names I cannot currently recall).
@npub1ylp…qd9q Did you run into many issues with this? How are you handling it? Do your other platforms support it? Are they able to tag each other across platforms?
See parent post, but context: Unicode handles.

2026-05-04 01:45:20 UTC

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Would werewolves be bipedal?
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 01:42:22 UTC

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That was just objectively funny
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 01:38:58 UTC

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Double bear trap gag is a classic
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 01:11:40 UTC

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That $1.24 is now $37.85.
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 01:04:29 UTC

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As a kid of the '80s...ouch.
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 01:02:30 UTC

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Would that be a DUI?
#Monsterdon

2026-05-04 00:04:29 UTC

#Monsterdon begins in one hour (9PM ET). We'll be watching Stephen King's #SilverBullet1985, which can be viewed for free at @npub1umd…wfr7 - https://archive.org/download/Popcornarchive-silverBullet1985/Popcornarchive-silverBullet1985.mp4
It has Gary Busey, so you know it's good.

2026-04-28 13:33:50 UTC

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Wikipedia sounds much more fancy now.

2026-04-23 19:51:42 UTC

Is your company looking into starting to use #AI?
I'd like to offer my services. I can be confidently wrong and I can type pretty quickly. Just send a DM and we can negotiate pricing.

2026-04-23 16:43:19 UTC

What if we had alt images? Text by default, image when you hover.

2026-04-23 02:02:06 UTC

I still don't know the difference between padding and margin.

2026-04-20 13:04:47 UTC

DDoSs or DDoSes? 🤔

2026-04-20 12:14:36 UTC

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and this is why we don't concentrate the majority of users, on the distributed platform we're on, to one instance

2026-04-18 23:47:53 UTC

How in the fuck?
https://cybersecuritynews.com/windows-snipping-tool-vulnerability/

2026-04-15 16:32:38 UTC

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So lay in bed all day. Got it.

2026-04-15 16:19:41 UTC

You know the spoons theory? Good.
What does it mean when my spoons are upside down?

2026-04-12 12:43:16 UTC

If I vibe code an enterprise edge router, will it be more secure than the competition?
#cybersecurity #../

2026-04-11 22:38:18 UTC

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When I was recovering my instance, while verifying things, I did a SELECT to see accounts with that username. 151
It's a bit mind blowing, even just from my tiny instance.

2026-04-11 22:32:09 UTC

You should be able to vote on your own poll. Maybe I should make an alt just for that. That's fair, right?

2026-04-09 19:02:15 UTC

On this CSS Naked Day, do not forget what we lost when they stole <marquee/> from us.

2026-03-31 12:38:23 UTC

Can we all agree that April Fool's day is cancelled for the foreseeable future? We already can't trust our eyes and ears.

2026-03-27 23:59:58 UTC

If you boost a post, you should be able to see who favo[u]rites the post (and potentially get notifications and stuff, as though it were your own post) -- while they're viewing that specific boosted instance of it.

2026-03-27 11:39:38 UTC

If Mastodon, does the instance you're on use the default 500 character limit?

2026-03-20 11:45:49 UTC

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tbh neither did I until I tried it. I was sure it would be invalid.

2026-03-19 23:18:22 UTC

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That's a good one. That's URL encoded. https://%E1%80%AA.com

2026-03-19 13:30:50 UTC

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hey, look at that, RTL worked too. These domains are so stupid, but god I love them so much.

2026-03-19 12:27:38 UTC

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I require a font. Neat!
Can you see all of these?
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2026-03-13 12:36:09 UTC

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@npub1z3m…zn2f is pretty awesome

2026-03-08 21:04:37 UTC

I ended up with a bunch of my follow relationships in a weird state. About 200 rows in the accounts table got corrupted and wholely disappeared (or never existed, it's complicated, and will be part of my write-up), so I had to stub them out. The stubbing seems to have worked well enough for Mastodon to be able to refresh them and show their then-existing posts (server backup is from mid-Dec, 2025), but the UI is inconsistent about who follows who, so it isn't clear whether it actually worked.
If you think you should already be following (and, honestly, you should) but only see this through e.g. boosts, you may need to unfollow and refollow to be able to see my posts naturally (seeing them unnaturally is via a completely different, subscription-based, website).
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/116/195/548/446/556/309/original/acf378c5a759deca.jpeg

2026-02-27 16:21:50 UTC

Browser extension idea. Any time you go to access a URL with utm_source, it replaces it with utm_source=fediverse.
Feel free to steal that and make it real.

2026-02-02 15:38:04 UTC

I started typing here to ask how stock price affects a company. I look at the screen down ⬇️ from this one, and see @npub1fdr…lvhs answering exactly that in one of his long threads.

2026-01-30 23:03:13 UTC

I so badly want to see this site to take off.
If you're #ActuallyAutistic, you know just how much of a problem these things can be. For me personally, having the information about lighting and how to get service in advance would be a huge help.
https://prepped.to/
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/986/301/852/204/798/original/a1d0fddcedc9b777.png

2026-01-16 23:44:23 UTC

I think I just figured out how to get unlimited RAM.
mount -t tmpfs -o size=16G tmpfs /tmp/ramdisk
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/ramdisk/swapfile bs=1G count=16
mkswap /tmp/ramdisk/swapfile
swapon /tmp/ramdisk/swapfile

2026-01-01 15:42:00 UTC

How many jobs (with different employers) have you had?

2026-01-01 04:22:55 UTC

My wife just suggested a feature for video doorbells. Add a squirt gun for people you don't want to see.
I need a hardware engineer and $1M in seed capital.

2025-12-25 17:14:52 UTC

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(The difference between AAA, AA, C, and D is just capacity. The length and voltage are identical.)

2025-12-25 16:59:48 UTC

This card shuffler takes 2 C batteries. I shared this cursed knowledge with my 9 year old.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/781/266/120/678/198/original/e560e9175fcfc1b2.jpg

2025-12-22 02:09:31 UTC

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It's like they're trying to fill up my bingo card.
#Monsterdon

2025-12-22 02:02:38 UTC

Root #Monsterdon thread

2025-12-16 19:57:38 UTC

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This is what the GFCI wiring looks like. Pretty cool and clever (🙄). But, removed and still no power. I'm going to have to figure out how to safely test the breaker; they've always scared the crap out of me.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/730/998/663/363/366/original/d03828c496bf3cef.jpg
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/730/999/098/300/532/original/cbe9d9e510d50698.jpg
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/730/999/504/134/344/original/cab35cc8c1a7c429.jpg

2025-12-16 04:24:22 UTC

Time for another game of "did I write that code?"
https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/freepbx-authentication-bypass-exposed.html

2025-12-14 19:44:48 UTC

Yesterday I plugged in one of those outlet testers and when I pulled it out, the power in there went out. I checked inside the outlets for power and none of the wires in this or other outlets/switches are hot. The circuit breaker was flipped off and on (I don't think it was tripped), but there's still no power.
Any ideas on wtf could be wrong?

2025-12-11 16:23:22 UTC

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In case it disappears: https://web.archive.org/web/20251211162103/https://admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Executive-Branch-Club-Bylaws-and-Rules-of-the-Club-version-August-19-2025-50910234-v10-1.pdf

2025-12-05 16:28:59 UTC

I need help with something I'm confused by. I have 3 NVME drives and 6 (previously 4) SATA drives. Two of the NVME drives are on M.2_1 and M.2_2, and the other is on a PCIe card in PCIEX16_2. When M.2_2 is occupied, SATA56 is disabled. I need all of them. It seems I have multiple options. I suppose option 1) is ideal?
1) Move the drive in M.2_2 to the card in PCIEX16_2 at x4 and use SATA56. But I would need the motherboard to properly support bifurcation. The manual suggests that only PCIEX16_1 can do bifurcation? That would mean moving video card to PCIEX16_2 at 4x, which is probably fine, since it's only an Nvidia 1660 Super.
2) Add a SATA PCIe card in PCIEX1_1 at x1 speed (and thereby possibly reducing PCIEX16_2 to x1 as well?).
3) Spend a bunch of money that I don't have on an AM5 motherboard, Zen 4 / Zen5 CPU, and DDR5 RAM.
Why don't CPUs just have more lanes? 16 for PCIEX16_1, 4 for M.2_1, and 4 for everything on the B550 chipset (PCIE16_2, M.2_2, SATA, USB, audio, etc). At the very least, let me split the 16 lanes into x8, x8 (or even better, x8, x4, x4 (and/or 4 x1)).
The direct links to the motherboard and BIOS menus are ridiculously long, so instead, https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-b550-plus/helpdesk_manual
Pages vi, x, and 1-2 of the motherboard manual and page 29 of the BIOS manual are relevant.

2025-11-25 21:37:15 UTC

Do you still remember how to write in cursive?

2025-11-22 02:13:20 UTC

I was joking with my 9 year old that they couldn't pronounce "fifth" and learned that no, they in fact have no idea how to make the "th" sound.

2025-11-18 04:32:11 UTC

Should I be concerned about living above 550 gallons of heating oil? I feel a little concerned sometimes.

2025-11-14 03:09:08 UTC

A single ../ will tell you more about a product than its entire marketing site.

2025-11-12 20:40:09 UTC

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I found the destination of the "Undetectable AI" link to be pretty amusing (look at the URL).

2025-10-31 15:45:58 UTC

How long after a post are you comfortable favoriting it?

2025-10-21 13:43:27 UTC

AIGiYWaaS
AI Getting in Your Way as a Service

2025-10-20 17:37:07 UTC

Being able to hear very high-pitched sounds that most others can't while also being hypersensitive to high-pitched sounds kinda sucks.

2025-10-13 21:00:56 UTC

To be very clear in advance - this was not me and I was not involved. It just doesn't stop.
https://databreaches.net/2025/10/13/months-after-being-notified-a-software-vendor-is-still-exposing-confidential-and-sealed-court-records/

2025-09-26 04:12:44 UTC

It's time for somebody to come up with a solution to the touchscreen problem, where your finger obscures the element you're interacting with.
I propose a little ball at the bottom of the device that can simulate a touch when rolled and pressed, perhaps with some kind of indicator showing where the touch will be registered.

2025-09-16 18:08:06 UTC

You can't just say "we are experiencing a higher than normal call volume" when it's the same volume every day. That *is* the normal call volume.

2025-08-30 15:57:27 UTC

[@Taweret](https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret ) Found this at an estate sale today. Thought you might enjoy. #Monsterdon
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/115/118/530/741/748/339/original/5e8189e71077faa7.jpg

2025-08-18 19:25:05 UTC

Do you...

2025-08-01 12:13:35 UTC

Who should one talk to if they wanted to become mummified upon death?

2025-07-04 04:33:01 UTC

I had an issue with a company, so I went to their legal team. They're required by law to mail me a particular item.
After 3 days, they finally got back to me, saying "this is the address that we mailed it to". Friends, they gave me their own address.

2025-07-04 02:57:53 UTC

Are there any good RAID(-like) platforms where drive size doesn't matter and you can just throw random drives at it?

2025-06-16 14:35:25 UTC

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[...] devices "made in America"
Good luck with that, buddy.

2025-06-13 15:19:36 UTC

Can we all just stop using JavaScript frameworks like Vue and React (while we're at it, lets throw jQuery into a bonfire)?

2025-06-02 20:40:17 UTC

One of the seatbelts in my car have been stuck for months. I kept putting off going to get it fixed, because I figured it would cost quite a bit to do.
It turns out that seatbelts (and airbags) are required to be covered by a 10 year warranty, so when we went to get it fixed this week, we discovered that it was completely free.

2025-04-30 21:19:57 UTC

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Every fucking time.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/114/429/000/328/644/679/original/1a6c0cf208a5201f.png