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4 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
I wish I understood election security as well as random people on Twitter do.
According to the replies, people would like me if only I smiled more.
People with recently created accounts, few followers, and no obvious existence outside this web site sure do have strong opinions about how I should improve myself.
Weirdly and completely inexplicably, these opinions are expressed to me most often after I've commented on election security, especially regarding the 2020 election. Must be a coincidence.
I get it: you'd take me more seriously if I didn't tell jokes, express emotion, or go outside whatever lane you'd prefer me me to be in. I've let you down.

I can live with this.

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3 Jan
As we approach the anniversary of the January 6th attack on the Capitol, it is worth remembering that the premise of the riot - that widespread technical attacks subverted the 2020 election outcome - was entirely false. No actual election security expert found it at all credible.
As these specious, obviously fabricated claims started to be circulated in the aftermath of the election, my colleagues and I released this statement. To this day, there has been no credible evidence presented of fraud affecting the election outcome. mattblaze.org/blog/election-…
January 6th was the culmination of one of the worst-case scenarios in election security - a failure (in this case caused by lies and misinformation) to achieve widespread trust in an important election outcome. Fortunately, the rioters failed to achieve their objective.
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26 Dec 21
No, I’m not linking to the lazy scam that didn’t get permission from me or any of the other prominent people whose names and images they’re exploiting.
Well, that was quick, at least. They claim to have taken mine down.

Pro tip: If you want to “honor” someone in a way that just so happens to make you money, ask them first.
Also, if you’re sending me a link to this thing or asking me to react to it, you’re not being helpful at this point. You’re just promoting it. If I don’t personally know you, I’ll probably assume that’s your motive in doing so.
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10 Dec 21
An almost throwaway detail in this story: on January 6th, the same day the insurrection mob infamously stormed the Capitol, a group surrounded the home of this 62 year old election worker, yelling with bullhorns. Terrifying.
Trump’s repeated use of the presidential platform to threaten and intimidate individual election workers might not have been his most spectacular crime, but it’s one of his most dangerous and disturbing.
The attempt to overturn the election must never be remembered as a mere political stunt. It involved violence and terror directed against ordinary people, our neighbors.
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8 Dec 21
Just upgraded my phone, thereby starting the period where I discover some obscure but essential thing that I didn't transfer from my old phone. This period lasts approximately until I get another new phone.
Apple makes most of this very seamless and easy for 98% of it, but that last 2% has a very long tail.
I love how when you set up a new device they ask if you want to erase your old device as soon as it finishes. I may like to live on the edge, but not that close to it, thanks.
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8 Dec 21
Why do I have to pay sales tax on home COVID tests? For that matter, why do we have to pay for home COVID tests?
It’s great that we’ve done a pretty good job making vaccines accessible to anyone who wants them. I wish we did the same with other COVID defenses, like n95 masks and tests.
I’m fortunate that my workplace provides free on-demand PCR tests and a big stack of masks (though not N95) at just about every building entrance. But the fact that this makes me “fortunate” instead of “normal” is really sad.
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4 Dec 21
Re-upping this: Testing Phone-Size Faraday Bags.
mattblaze.org/blog/faraday

You probably don’t need one, but if you do, here you are. And I think some may find the test process interesting.
How do you know I’m not shilling for one of the commercial vendors?

You don’t.

But I show my work, and you can do similar tests if you want (that’s the point of the writeup).
I’m fortunate in that I have some high quality test gear, but that wasn’t essential to being able to do this. You could get close to this level of accuracy with cheaper, hobbyist-grade gear if you understand what you’re trying to measure and what can confound the measurements.
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