Finally pulled the trigger on an SDR kit. Can't wait to see what signals I can pick up with this bad mamba jamba. 🛥️✈️🛰️🚨📻
But first, some tunes. 👨🎤
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My #Introduction.
I talk about life in #CambridgeMA and #Boston, #engineering, #science, #radios (#SDR, #HAM, #LoRa, #MeshCore), #pinball, #film, retro computers/video games, and more.
I collect #art, #LaserDiscs, study #horology, visit museums (The Met, MFA, Harvard Art #Museum) and support my local #library.
I read #poetry and books on #architecture, #design, and #urbanism.
I walk or take public #transit everywhere.
I practice #permacomputing and self-hosting, running #BSD where I can.
My previous intro post was a few years old, so behold, new intro post:
Mike. Live in the Seattle area having grown up in the UK as a full blown British. Have a wife (incredible), child (boy), and three dogs (golden retriver/cream retriver/fuck knows).
I work in information security, something I have done for about 20 years. By day I run corporate security, enterprise IT and various other bits and pieces for an EV charging startup. I am big into EV's and currently drive one that is not a Tesla. I want an electric motorbike, so if anyone has a spare one please send it.
I also have a company of my own, Secure Being (https://securebeing.com), which does pen testing and digital forensic work - it's my way of staying super hands on while still doing the management bits on the career path.
I have written books about information security things. Five of them. Two are non-fiction textbooks, and three are fiction based on real world #infosec things. Check out https://infosecdiaries.com and your local bookstore to find them, just search for my name. I have been trying to write more stuff, but always seem to find myself distracted by other things, such as work. linktr.ee/secureowl has some mini stories I've written.
I love radio and everything RF. I have lots of antennas and various scanners and radios on my desk. I love intercepting and decoding things, like digital radio protocols.
I am a big aviation nerd. I always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I gained my private pilots license in the UK at 17, all self funded by my employment at the local Safeway/Morrisons store. I did the sim test and commercial assessments, but for some reason, at 18, I was unable to find the £100k needed to complete the commercial training, so I did computers. But do not worry, because those computers and love of aviation and radio/RF combined, and I run a project called ACARS Drama. https://acarsdrama.com has all the details.
I play guitar and am a big guitar/audio nerd as well. I record music under the moniker Operation: Anxiety, https://operationanxiety.com - the music is on all the normal places.
Finally, I am a massive fan of motorsport. I believe I have watched every F1 race for the last 30 years, maybe 25. I also follow F2, FE, Indycar and MotoGP closely. I average around 18 hours of Le Mans 24 hour racing watching per year.
So there you have it. If you are looking for a thought leader on the topics mentioned above, you've come to the wrong place - because this is where I shitpost, and shitposting is cheap therapy.
#infosec #dfir #pentesting #acars #vdlm2 #sdr #rf #f1 #seattle #introduction
Happy Saturday ACARS Fans!
This week, thanks to our wonderful army of Sky Drama Farmers, we added extra coverage in:
Gwangju, South Korea
Thanks to everyone who feeds us!
Interested in sky farming? check out: https://acarsdrama.com#feed for more info on this noble profession.
❤️ ACARS Drama & want to help keep the project running? The best way to support us is to become a Jumpseat member
Sign up @ https://jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
As a thanks for your support, you get:
Access to 90% more messages than get posted
Tail & Flight # lookups
Flight Playback
REST API Access
ACARS Insights
MOAR
As always, thanks for your support. The next time you are on a flight remember the goal of this project is to show you the heroic, unseen work that goes into every flight.
Be nice to your flight attendants and crews, because you never know when they'll be stepping up to help you on your worst day.
Happy Saturday Drama Fans!
This week, thanks to our sky drama farmer volunteers, we added coverage in:
Hoffman, NC, USA
Washington DC, USA
Wichita, KS, USA
Thanks to all the 450ish sky drama farmers, without your overhead electromagnetic harvesting - none of this would be possible!
Love ACARS Drama? Three things you can do today to express that love:
Share this post so others know about us.
Become a jumpseat member: https://jumpseat.acarsdrama.com
Become a sky drama farmer: https://acarsdrama.com#feed
Sky Drama Farmers get free Jumpseat membership btw!
Have a great week, stay safe, be nice to one another - and especially be nice to other people on planes, flight crews, people at the airport, and everyone working through the drama to get you where you need to be!
Oh, and no, we aren’t on Instagram.