There are certain very critical questions that it is important to ask oneself before a major endeavor, especially if there is risk involved:
"How far and how high will I climb this mountain and when will I turn around if the weather changes or if my health or my equipment doesn't hold out?"
"How much money am I willing to risk at this casino before I call it and walk away, no matter what my odds look like in that exact moment?"
And the big one that we will talk about today: "What work would I be willing to do in order to earn money that could have significant ramifications in my life and the lives of those around me?"
In some ways, this talk will be a reflection and continuation on themes that were covered by another speaker last year at BSidesRDU. I hope that we can expand on this topic and discuss together with one another what the right path looks like for people who are considering their journey through tech, hacking, and the INFOSEC industry.

The enshittification of the internet wasn't inevitable. The old, good internet gave way to the enshitternet because we let our bosses enshittify it. We took away the constraints of competition, regulation, interop and tech worker power, and so when our bosses yanked on the big enshittification lever in the c-suite, it started to budge further and further, toward total enshittification. A new, good internet is possible - and necessary - and it needs you.

In August 2016, Apple issued updates to iOS and macOS that patched three zero-day vulnerabilities that were being exploited in the wild to remotely install persistent malcode on a target’s device if they tapped on a specially crafted link. We linked the vulnerabilities and malcode to US-owned, Israel-based NSO Group, a government-exclusive surveillance vendor described by one of its founders as “a complete ghost”.