Ricky Padilla
@rickypadil.la
🔐 identity tech @1password 🎮 wannabe gamer 🏔️ in denver
I thought the whiplash of feeling like a god one moment to a complete imbecile the next would go away after 10 years of writing software. Nope 🙂↔️ (The intensity of both extremes is quite a bit less at least!)
Trying to reserve a place in Tokyo. Apparently local law requires us to upload photos of our passports to our host? 🤦♂️ We need verifiable digital credentials to go mainstream ASAP…
Maybe my life is too simple… but I still can’t imagine actually needing an “ai assistant”.
A lot of bad Super Bowl ads this year. But using puppies to sell your surveillance tech takes the cake.
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
For this.weekinsecurity.com, I wrote about how Apple's Lockdown Mode, once billed as an "extreme" security protection for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches, has passed a major real-world test by blocking the feds from accessing a journalist's phone. Free to read; additional words for subscribers:
Apple's Lockdown Mode: Once an 'extreme' security protection, now a necessity for Americans
An optional "extreme" security feature that Apple has baked-in to modern iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches has passed a significant real-world test.
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I guess this is my cue to finally switch to @proton.me Mail.
New, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Google sent personal and financial data about a student and journalist, who attended a pro-Palestine protest in 2024, to ICE agents in response to an "administrative subpoena," which had not been approved by a judge.
This is what true strength looks like.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
I told my kids I’d rather they get caught smoking cigarettes than using this horrific application.
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
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The best book of 2025 for me: This is for Everyone by @timbl.bsky.social An intriguing telling of the beginnings of the web, followed by a bright vision for its future. us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
This Is for Everyone
A Sunday Times BestsellerThe inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise—and how it can be redeemed for the future.Perhaps the most infl...
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One hour and five minutes into the draw and so far we have learned that Canada, Mexico and the USA will be playing at a World Cup hosted in Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Someone at @techcrunch.com definitely chose this first headline & the following article images on purpose.
Hot take: @meredithmeredith.bsky.social is the strongest leader we have in tech right now.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/
I was arguing w someone. They just sent me a screenshot of ChatGPTs generated response to defend their position. We’ve become so lazy we can’t even copy/paste bullshit arguments. 🤦♂️
If I could download my Game Pass games, this would be a no-brainer purchase. Alas…
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Why are we taking our latest politics cover to the streets? We wanted you to see what we saw, over many months of covering DOGE, ICE, and the rest of it. Tech leaders got what they wanted—a seat at the table with a would-be king, and a chance to haggle over the rules that govern their businesses.
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. www.wired.com/story/1passw...
Worried About Phone Searches? 1Password's Travel Mode Can Clean Up Your Data
Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place.
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So excited to be partnering with Google and others to work on this new protocol 🎉 cloud.google.com/blog/product...
Announcing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | Google Cloud Blog
Learn more about the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol that builds on A2A, Agent to Agent Protocol. AP2 was developed by Google with leading payments and technology companies to securely...
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When I was 15, I (deservedly) missed a Linkin Park concert cuz my parents grounded me for smoking. I finally got my second chance! 🤩
Greatest innovation of 2025 so far: Faster YouTube playback speeds. ⏩
Me: I’m gonna wait to buy the Switch 2, until it has more games and OLED. Also me:
Did Apple seriously just drop a back-to-school video before this school year is even over?!
GameStop stores to everyone who couldn’t get a Switch 2 preorder anywhere else: