Jack Waterhouse

Writing about cybersecurity, work experiences, and everyday life.

As a long-time homelab enthusiast who recently joined AWS, I'm about to embark on an interesting journey – becoming a customer of the company I now work for. While I should mention I'm an AWS employee, these are my personal experiences and thoughts.

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After diving into the Linux world and spending a year exploring different distributions, I've noticed something interesting: newcomers often get overwhelmed by the sheer number of Linux distributions available. While there are hundreds of options out there, most are variations on a few core themes.

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In recent years, I've immersed myself in #homelab communities and embarked on a journey toward digital sovereignty. While self-hosting comes with its challenges, the benefits have far outweighed the additional effort required. Here's why I choose to self-host my digital life

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A few years back, during the cybersecurity #consulting boom, I had an interesting experience that taught me some lessons about protecting intellectual property and pricing strategy. Everyone was rushing to establish their cybersecurity practice. The market was filled with both opportunities and opportunists.

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As part of my ongoing #infosec #research, I set up an email aliasing service using SimpleLogin to better understand how publicly available email addresses are being used and abused online.

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It had been a while since my last serious #infosec #pentest test, but when an old client threw me a challenge over drinks, I couldn’t resist. The stakes were high: a new system his company had deployed, allegedly impenetrable, and he was confident I wouldn’t crack it. Little did he know how this would unfold.

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