I don’t have a boss. That’s not a brag, it’s a symptom. If I had one, I’d be canned before lunchtime, probably before I even logged in. Because if you looked closely at what I run on my machine, you’d think I was either working for an intelligence agency or actively trying to dismantle one. But I’m not. I just don’t trust anything I didn’t patch together myself, and I don’t believe in playing fair with systems designed to extract more from me than they return. This is a list of the tools I use every single day. Tools that, if I had an employer with a company laptop, a security team, or even basic EDR, would send red flags exploding through whatever Slack thread they use to talk about risk. These aren’t toys. They’re lifelines. And the thing is, they’re not illegal. Not really. But intent is everything. And my intent has never been to clock in and play nice. Wireshark + Kismet + Bettercap First thing I open in the morning isn’t Gmail. It’s Wireshark. Because I want to see what my mac...
