Tod Beardsley 🏴☠️<p>Okay this is a social norm around here.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p>Hi, I'm Tod, and I work and play in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a>. I'm kind of a generalist these days, but if I had to pick some focus areas, I'm into: </p><p>Teaching people how <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> works</p><p>Coordinated vulnerability disclosure</p><p>Counting things on the internet</p><p>Election and voting systems</p><p>Medical systems</p><p>Open source offensive security tooling (like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Metasploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metasploit</span></a>)</p><p>I have a wife with whom I enjoy a very <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sexy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexy</span></a> attorney-client relationship.</p><p>I have a bunch of kids. Some of those kids are now adults. One of them is no longer an adult. I am constantly trying to educate my kids in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GenX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenX</span></a> culture, and I lean on them to keep up with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Zoomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zoomer</span></a> things.</p><p>I care about politics and social issues and democracy and equality of opportunity. Some of these cares are radical. Many are hypocritical. I'm pretty comfortable with my own level of socio-political hypocrisy, though.</p><p>I'm a fed, but at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CISA</span></a> (not a cop, not a spy). The idea is that I can do public good for the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> at scale. Some of that public good is <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CVD</span></a> (coordinated vulnerability disclosure).</p><p>I live in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>. I spend as much time at the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AlamoDrafthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlamoDrafthouse</span></a> as I can, responsibly -- I like craft beer and craft movies.</p><p>I perform, edit, and publish a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> with said wife about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Lovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lovecraft</span></a> fiction which you can hear at <a href="https://podsothoth.club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">podsothoth.club</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or follow at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@podsothoth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>podsothoth</span></a></span>. </p><p>I play a lot of Lovecraft-themed games (AH:TCG, Eldritch Horror, and Call of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cthulhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cthulhu</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a>). I ran a tabletop <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VTM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VTM</span></a> game with some friends over pandemic, and it was so fun that I'm now running a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoC</span></a> game IRL (if you're in Austin, let me know if you want in!). I've been involved in these hobbies, off and on, for 30 years. I like other <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> too.</p><p>I don't care about most video games, except for the few I care a lot about (<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nethack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nethack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civilization</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Portal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portal</span></a>, and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Factorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Factorio</span></a>, primarily. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HOI4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HOI4</span></a> is my new unhealthy addiction.)</p><p>I like most people I meet.</p><p>That's it! That's my whole thing!</p>