{"id":532,"date":"2025-02-17T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:17:51","slug":"last-few-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?page_id=532","title":{"rendered":"Last Few Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=349\">VPNs &#8211; Stating the Obvious<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-25T19:30:24-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-02-25<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What They Can and Can\u2019t Do for YouWhat is a VPN, and How Can It Protect You?Why did the government warn against using commercial VPNs? You&#8217;ve seen the ads\u2014\u201cProtect yourself from hackers! Stay anonymous! Stop government spying!\u201d\u2014but how much of that is true? The reality is, most commercial VPNs aren&#8217;t the security silver bullet they claim to be. While VPNs can serve a purpose,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=349\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: VPNs &#8211; Stating the Obvious<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nokia-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nokia-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nokia-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nokia-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/nokia.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=490\">Burner Phones: What They Are (and What They\u2019re Not)<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-15T21:11:13-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-02-15<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Every year, as Hacker Summer Camp rolls around, there\u2019s a surge in discussions about burner phones. And every year, I shake my head at some of the misconceptions floating around. Acquiring a Burner Phone the Right Way If you order a phone online with your credit card and have it shipped to your home, it\u2019s not a burner. Every phone has unique identifiers, and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=490\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Burner Phones: What They Are (and What They\u2019re Not)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Dance (I)\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8368-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=452\">MoMA<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-15T19:30:51-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-02-15<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">My lovely wife and I went to New York in February. It was cold, it was snowing, and we had a great time. The main thing we did besides see our kids play at Carnegie Hall was going to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It was the first time I have been and it was not exactly what I expected, but it was\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=452\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: MoMA<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_8519.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=381\">Trippy<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-13T14:44:53-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-02-13<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">My wife and I went to New York for the week. Our sun and his significant other played at Carnegie Hall Tuesday night. We spent our time enjoying the architecture and art. We came during a rare snowing in the city. It was an inch here or there. Some collection but mostly it was fine. We stayed in Tribeca and enjoyed walking around the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=381\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Trippy<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_7536-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=358\">More and more<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-13T13:51:03-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-02-13<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I\u2019m going to try to post at least once a week. Think of this as an extended version of how I use Bluesky and Twitter\u2014more details, more pictures, and definitely more ranting. I\u2019ll be writing for my Stating the Obvious series (yes, the one I keep mentioning). Expect posts on everything from VPNs and audits to zero-days, security best practices, and whatever else crosses\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=358\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: More and more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Goldfinger-PussyGalore-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=155\">Father<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-31T23:04:02-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-01-31<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Ran across a picture of my father&#8217;s tonight. He passed 10 years ago in 2015. I am named after my father and grandfather. My father was in Vietnam. He came back weeks before the Tet offensive and started training helicopter pilots for the Army in North Texas. He share a photo of his Heuy helicopter he flew while there. Wolfhouse &#8220;Double-O Seven&#8221; August 1966<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:150px;max-height:150px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-192x192.png 192w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-MadHat_white-1.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=20\">Reboot<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-31T15:41:23-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2025-01-31<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This is probably the 20th reboot of the site in almost 30 years. Welcome to Unspecific.com This is my personal site, where I share my art, code, ideas, and more. We\u2019ll see if this turns into more than just a handful of \u201cblog\u201d entries. I have plenty to say\u2014stories to tell and advice no one asked for. I\u2019ve been working in Internet Technology since\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/?p=20\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Reboot<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unspecific.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}