ACARS Message From: N369NW / NW1840
Message: DO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL CHANNEL TO REPRT UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS THAT YOU KNOW OF OR JUST ATC.
Area: Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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My previous intro post was a few years old, so behold, new intro post:
Mike. Live in the Seattle area having grown up in the UK as a full blown British. Have a wife (incredible), child (boy), and three dogs (golden retriver/cream retriver/fuck knows).
I work in information security, something I have done for about 20 years. By day I run corporate security, enterprise IT and various other bits and pieces for an EV charging startup. I am big into EV's and currently drive one that is not a Tesla. I want an electric motorbike, so if anyone has a spare one please send it.
I also have a company of my own, Secure Being (https://securebeing.com), which does pen testing and digital forensic work - it's my way of staying super hands on while still doing the management bits on the career path.
I have written books about information security things. Five of them. Two are non-fiction textbooks, and three are fiction based on real world #infosec things. Check out https://infosecdiaries.com and your local bookstore to find them, just search for my name. I have been trying to write more stuff, but always seem to find myself distracted by other things, such as work. linktr.ee/secureowl has some mini stories I've written.
I love radio and everything RF. I have lots of antennas and various scanners and radios on my desk. I love intercepting and decoding things, like digital radio protocols.
I am a big aviation nerd. I always wanted to be a commercial pilot. I gained my private pilots license in the UK at 17, all self funded by my employment at the local Safeway/Morrisons store. I did the sim test and commercial assessments, but for some reason, at 18, I was unable to find the £100k needed to complete the commercial training, so I did computers. But do not worry, because those computers and love of aviation and radio/RF combined, and I run a project called ACARS Drama. https://acarsdrama.com has all the details.
I play guitar and am a big guitar/audio nerd as well. I record music under the moniker Operation: Anxiety, https://operationanxiety.com - the music is on all the normal places.
Finally, I am a massive fan of motorsport. I believe I have watched every F1 race for the last 30 years, maybe 25. I also follow F2, FE, Indycar and MotoGP closely. I average around 18 hours of Le Mans 24 hour racing watching per year.
So there you have it. If you are looking for a thought leader on the topics mentioned above, you've come to the wrong place - because this is where I shitpost, and shitposting is cheap therapy.
#infosec #dfir #pentesting #acars #vdlm2 #sdr #rf #f1 #seattle #introduction
Air to Ground Message:
PAX BROUGHT CHICKEN ON AIRCRAFT AND REFUSED TO GET OFF HAD TO CALL POLICE TO ESCORT PAX AND CHICKEN OFF OF AIRCRAFT CLUCK CLUCK
Area: Lansing, IL, USA
New (Quieter) Sub Feeds!
If you're a fan of @acarsdrama - but want to follow a less noisy version of our feed, we're please to announce nine new sub feeds that allow you to follow based on your own personal drama interests!
@emergencies_failures - tracks broken things, system failures, and emergencies
@medical - tracks medical events
@excreta - if it is launched from the human body, you'll find it here
@badpax - often the worst part of flying is the people you are sat next too
@wtf - things that make you ask WTF?!
@animals - our four legged friends are not immune from drama
@wx - weather related happenings and diversions
@ride_reports - bumpiness ratings
@crewing_ops - related to the operational side of aviation
And of course we still have @top_shelf and @trending
We hope that these feeds provide another option for your daily drama ingestion!
Happy New Year Drama Fans!
This week, thanks to our wonderful army of volunteer sky drama farmers, we've added coverage in the following areas:
Nashville, TN, USA
Davis, CA, USA
If you have a spare SDR hanging around and would like to contribute to the worlds fastest growing source of breaking dog poop news, check out https://acarsdrama.com.
The website also includes links to our sub-feeds and RSS options, for you to enjoy the drama in more manageable ways, if the main feed is too noisy for your liking, but you don't want the FOMO associated with not knowing when an intoxicated passenger soils seat 7A.
All the mastodon sub-feeds are up and running, so if you don't see any posts on the profile - be sure to follow them so federation can happen!