Michael A. Specter 👻
| Assistant Professor, CS @ Georgia Tech |
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@rwc.iacr.org
The official Real World Cryptography Bluesky feed. Follow us for news of upcoming events.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
@protectdemocracy.org
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit group working to prevent authoritarianism. This account is owned and operated by Protect Democracy United. Follow us on other platforms ➡️ https://protdem.org/m/stay-connected
@politicalpolls.bsky.social
Consider giving us a follow if you like non toxic politics!
@vanschewick.bsky.social
Law Professor, Stanford Law School (@StanfordLaw.bsky.social). Director, Stanford Center for Internet and Society (@StanfordCIS.bsky.social). Author, Internet Architecture & Innovation. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/about/people/barbara-van-schewick/
@mobiusdigitalgames.com
An independent game studio located in DTLA. Makers of Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye. We make games weird & wonderful. Come explore with us.
@alexbeachum.bsky.social
Creative director of Outer Wilds. Co-creative lead at Mobius Games. Easily excited by coffee, cocktails, and the cosmos. He/Him.
@aclum.bsky.social
We work in the: ⚖️ Courts | 🏛 Legislature | 🗣 Communities to protect civil liberties for all in Massachusetts.
@boblord.bsky.social
Cautiously pessimistic, esp. about cyber things. The owls are not what they seem. 🗻🗻🦉🌲🪵 🍒🥧☕️🍩 🕵🏼♀️ 👍🏻 Also: 🔐🔑🔒
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Because Science is for everyone! 🧪🌎 Learn more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/standupforscience2025 👯sister org: @sciforgood.bsky.social
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@kumarde.bsky.social
I'm a faculty member in Computer Science & Engineering @UCSD, a playwright, a composer, and a lyricist.
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocket
@benadida.com
I lead an incredible team building a voting machine everyone can trust. https://voting.works Optimistic about judicious uses of tech. Systems, security, privacy, cryptography, and the web are my jam. Previously: Clever, Square, Mozilla, Harvard, MIT.
@aaup.bsky.social
The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. aaup.org
@jeremykoster.bsky.social
Aligning incentives for better science - quality over status Signer of DORA: https://sfdora.org/ Co-director of ENDOW project: https://endowproject.github.io/ Interdisciplinary socio-ecological scientist advocating for congruence of theory, data, and stats
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. Content creator. Author, “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing"
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@ncweaver.skerry-tech.com
Lecturer, Computer Science, UC Davis Researcher, Computer Security, ICSI Chief Mad Scientest, Skerry Technologies Digital, Explainable, and (usually) Adversarial Systems
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@fredericjacobs.com
Cryptographic & Security Engineering “Blue Skies” on all things #cryptography, #security, #climate, European #aerospace, #energy and #mobility. Previously: helped start Signal, early Bellingcat contributor www.fredericjacobs.com
@markriedl.bsky.social
AI for storytelling, games, explainability, safety, ethics. Professor at Georgia Tech. Associate Director of ML Center at GT. Time travel expert. Geek. Dad. he/him
@unusualwhales.bsky.social
Skeet about markets and political corruption Discord: http://bit.ly/3Bf2pNJ Links: http://bit.ly/3V8D6Gb Get $50-$5000 to trade: http://bit.ly/4ayctTD
@uhengart.bsky.social
CS prof at University of Waterloo. Interested in security and privacy.
@fadeladib.bsky.social
MIT Prof. Founder-CEO | Cartesian. Founding Director MIT Signal Kinetics Lab. Sensors. IoT. Wireless. Oceans. Health. Robots. 35under35. Forbes30. WEF YGL
@k8em0.bsky.social
Founder & CEO LutaSecurity @payequitynow MIT&Harvard visiting scholar, @MasonNatSec fellow, 1/2 Chamoru, 1/2 Greek all-American hacker
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social
Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
@mudge.bsky.social
DARPA/Google/Stripe/L0pht/Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiter_Zatko
@hackersonthehill.org
A semi-regular gathering for irregulars from the security research community to engage with Congressional staffers. Run by I Am The Cavalry, bridging the gap between the hacker and public policy communities since 2017. Thursday, January 11, 2024
@zackwhittaker.com
Security editor, TechCrunch Signal: zackwhittaker.1337 mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker this.weekinsecurity.com
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@leak.bsky.social
Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
@mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy
Executive director and founder @swf, weekly newsletter @index [bridged from https://techpolicy.social/@mallory on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@filippo.abyssdomain.expert
RC F'13, F2'17 Cryptogopher / Go cryptography maintainer Professional open source maintainer https://filippo.io / https://github.com/FiloSottile https://mkcert.dev / https://age-encryption.org https://sunlight.dev / https://filippo.io/newsletter
@sellars.bsky.social
Public interest tech & media lawyer at albertsellars.law. Outgoing Executive Director of the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic @ Boston University School of Law. He/him.
@gonzocubfan.bsky.social
“Then the fit hit the Shan.” Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny Baseball, photography, wildlife, Speculative Fiction, music (guitar). I may know something about video games.
@demillo.com
Computer science professor, cybersecurity researcher, grandfather, Ducati rider. Studies software engineering, algorithms, election technology and security. Working well past retirement age by choice.
@jeremyepstein.bsky.social
Former WH OSTP privacy guy. NSF SaTC (cybersecurity and privacy) lead for a decade, now trying to figure out what's next. Dad, grandfather. Personal account, nothing official here.
@votebeat.org
We're a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to local, nonpartisan coverage of election admin and voting access. Signal 201.430.5217. Support us: http://votebe.at/donate.
@orinkerr.bsky.social
Professor, Stanford Law School. Author, The Digital 4th Amendment: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
@tarah.org
CEO Of Red Queen Dynamics♦️Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations♦️ EFF Board of Directors♦️she/her ♦️ mf’in hacker
@stefanotessaro.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Washington, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering @uwcse.bsky.social Working on cryptography, theoretical computer science, and computer security. https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~tessaro/
@nc2y.bsky.social
Prof. at Carnegie Mellon University. Computer security, online crime, and assorted online seediness. Reformed(?) hacker. Economic migrant. 📍 Pittsburgh, PA, mostly 🕸️ https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
@kateconger.com
tech reporter for the NYT! co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT! signal: kateconger.11 buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/ tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
@rival-elf.bsky.social
phone radio security, weird fashion, art, mathematical cryptography :: past @eff.org :: she/her :: posts my own :: https://yomna.net