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1.8K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
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Known for
11 views
Free demos for federal employees with security clearances!
#blackhat #infosec
6 views
New project! Hoping to bring this beauty back to life. Hoping it’s just a power supply issue.
2 views
"Yeah, we're gonna be here a while..."
1 views
After lobbying from Trump, FIFA agrees to minor rules change for upcoming U.S./Belgium match.
#fifa #worldcup
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jun 29latest
14
Avg engagement / post
3–11
Typical post (engagement)
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
34/100
Variable reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 3 and 11 likes + reposts (median 6) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: I have a modest proposal. Mobile device makers should adopt a ne · 78 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.5 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2×
Follows 884 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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I attended a beautiful memorial service for a dear family friend over the weekend, and, as is apparently inevitable these days, midway through a granddaughter’s heartfelt remembrances, someone’s phone started ringing.
Loudly.
Some old-time…
We've posted videos of a bunch of my Black Hat interviews. Please have a look.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JW9Q3mhniRh41pj68wn1tSdqKqa_w6W
#infosec #blackhat
"Yeah, we're gonna be here a while..."
Back from vacation, staring down the avalanche of emails that built up while I was away.
I may very well just bankrupt them all.
Free demos for federal employees with security clearances!
#blackhat #infosec
What if we required data centers to be powered by on-site solar/battery? That way, when the data centers go bust at least we have all that solar capacity to feed into the grid.
I wonder if there's a parallel between all of the long-undiscovered bugs that AI systems are discovering, and the old rusty hand grenades and mortars that magnet fishers keep pulling up from the muck in their local rivers or lakes. The bom…
New project! Hoping to bring this beauty back to life. Hoping it’s just a power supply issue.
After lobbying from Trump, FIFA agrees to minor rules change for upcoming U.S./Belgium match.
#fifa #worldcup
If you must reheat fish in the break-room microwave, please be courteous to your fellow employees by replacing the microwave.
I heard a lovely new bit of music today, pleasant, heartfelt, expressive. Asked Siri what it was, and after two failed attempts it hit me —
It's AI.
Well, crap then...
"Yeah, we're gonna be here a while..."
Back from vacation, staring down the avalanche of emails that built up while I was away.
I may very well just bankrupt them all.
Free demos for federal employees with security clearances!
#blackhat #infosec
What if we required data centers to be powered by on-site solar/battery? That way, when the data centers go bust at least we have all that solar capacity to feed into the grid.
I wonder if there's a parallel between all of the long-undiscovered bugs that AI systems are discovering, and the old rusty hand grenades and mortars that magnet fishers keep pulling up from the muck in their local rivers or lakes. The bom…
New project! Hoping to bring this beauty back to life. Hoping it’s just a power supply issue.
After lobbying from Trump, FIFA agrees to minor rules change for upcoming U.S./Belgium match.
#fifa #worldcup
If you must reheat fish in the break-room microwave, please be courteous to your fellow employees by replacing the microwave.
I heard a lovely new bit of music today, pleasant, heartfelt, expressive. Asked Siri what it was, and after two failed attempts it hit me —
It's AI.
Well, crap then...
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 14 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.5× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands Dave Bittner's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
About
Your friendly neighborhood cyber security podcast host. The Cyberwire, Hacking Humans, Caveat, Control Loop, Grumpy Old Geeks. He/Him.
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