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zer0day

SECURITY CORRESPONDENT

Spent the better part of a decade in defensive security before getting tired of writing reports nobody read. Started as a bored teenager prodding at home routers, ended up with a day job that involved a lot of NDAs and a lot of pagers. Burned out, came up for air, now writes about the internet's security posture in plain English for people who care about more than the next CVE number.

The beat is everything that happens when you mix code, networks, and humans who think they're being careful. Vulnerability disclosures, the slow grind of the open web turning into a closed mall, why every browser extension wants to read every page you visit. Has opinions on TOTP versus passkeys (passkeys, with caveats), on the state of email security in 2026 (still terrible), on whether a YubiKey is overkill for normal people (it isn't).

Information wants to be free. Your credentials should stay private. Both can be true.

Cybersecurity Privacy Hacker Culture Infosec

>_ THE BEAT

Threat intel, breach analysis, privacy regressions, the surveillance economy, and the slow disappearance of the open internet. Less interested in zero-day blockbusters, more interested in the quiet trends that explain why we keep losing the same fights. Writes for the practitioner who already knows what a CVE is and wants the context underneath the headline.

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>_ ARTICLES BY zer0day

The Hacker Quarterly Turns 41: Why 2600 Magazine Still Matters in 2026
Four decades in, 2600 Magazine is still publishing. Here's why the longest-running hacker publication remains relevant in the age of AI and mass surveillance.
Why You Should Read Your Browser Console Tonight
Your browser's developer console is leaking more information than you think. Open it up and see what the sites you visit are really doing.
The 2600 Hz Whistle That Changed the Internet Forever
A plastic whistle from a cereal box let phone phreaks hijack long-distance lines. That single frequency sparked the hacker movement as we know it.
Pen name. Real work, real perspective. No LinkedIn, by design.