Parisa Tabriz
@laparisa
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Browser Boss @googlechrome; Security Princess @google; Project Zero den mom; former @usds; skilled at baking, eating, and hijacking cookies.
Joined May 2009
Last weekend, I gave the convocation speech at @uofigrainger about the importance of people, learning, and finding your fuel: My (retired professor) uncle offered this positive review: "I liked it since it was pretty short." 😆🎓
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Appalled graphic designer shows what the magazine cover should look like:
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. and props to Pied Piper IT (the @SiliconHBO set designers) for posting sound security advice. (Yes, I got permission to post this.)
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Code gets rewritten all the time. Don't get too attached to it. The ideas are all that matter. ☸️👩💻.
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I've been reflecting on recent events & how different my life would've been if my parents returned to Iran. I stand with the courageous women & allies protesting for freedom. My heavy heart goes out to the family & friends of #MahsaAmini & others that were senselessly murdered.
This is Iran today. A woman proudly burning the most visible symbol of religious dictatorship; compulsory hijab. Hijab police killed #MahsaAmini but now there are millions of Mahsa in Iran who are shouting NO to Forced hijab NO to gender apartheid regime. #مهسا_امینی
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So, you want to work in (computer, information, cyber, etc.) security?. Here's some advice based on my experience:
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TIL: middle schoolers use @Google Docs as a chat app & @Google Sheets as a form of Slack (each slide is a new topic/channel) since other products are blocked at class. Ingenious! h/t @danshapiro. Any other product hacks the kiddos are doing?.
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Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is. 💃👩💻.
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I had a long week at work, so I'm legit not sure if I'm hallucinating or this traffic stop is telling me to. change my password?!! 😲
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The @nytimes asked me what a typical work week looked like, so I shared a diary with @kateconger:
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. on the other hand, I'm the only @Google security princess, so I'm gonna just own it. 🤘.
When I finally got @laparisa into the studio to photograph her for the @facesopensource series, I knew we also had to do a fun #security princess photo. 😉👑🔒
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Inclusion is not a zero-sum game. Making your team or organization a more inclusive place for X does not mean discrimination against 'not X'.
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I was rejected by Microsoft, Berkeley University, and a guy named Tom during my senior year in high school. Their loss! 😆 #ShareYourRejection.
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"Someone once told me that working in software is 90% collaborating with the smartest and best humans around, 10% realizing something Very Critically Important that you assumed was solid is in fact built out of toothpicks and guarded by angry raccoons" --@arrkay.
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I first learned how to program when I was 19. Now I'm an Engineering Director for @googlechrome #WITBragDay 👩💻.
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why not both?.
This is for all young aspiring female scientists out there.
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Nothing says “Happy 10th birthday @GoogleChrome!” like a little friendly competition. Hey @rahulrc, @lockheimer, @darinwf, can you beat my score in 10 tries or less? No cheating! 🦖🎂🏆 #GoogleChrome
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Bubble sort has always gotten a bad rap, but its inefficiency is quite pretty! More sorting visualized at
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Let's all repeat, "some of your users will be evil.".
I wrote this in 2008. I only wish more people had read and acted on it.
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It may not solve all security problems, but block+chain does make for a nice necklace!. Thanks to Caesar, a guy that randomly gave me one of these in passing @BlackHatEvents! 😂 #BHUSA
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I just got a physical letter addressed to "Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Security" 👸📬.
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today's voicemail: "Parisa, your dad forgot the pin code to his tablet and can't login. Can you tell us how to do any blackhat magic to hack it? Also, call your grandmother. It's her birthday.".
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My very own Gavin Belson Signature Box III! #SiliconValleyHBO @SiliconHBO . Hardware dreams do come true if you only believe.
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I've been spending too much time in front of computers, so I decided to make something with my hands. 🧵🔨👜
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"The word 'trusted is a sneaky & confusing term: many people get a warm.fuzzy feeling when they read it, and it is treated as a good thing. In fact the.opposite is true. Anything that is 'trusted' is a potentially lethal enemy of any.secure system." -@rootkovska.
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Rise of the Hackers @SVComicCon group photo 👩💻👩💻👩💻👩💻 cc: @evacide @sheeraf @Jennifer_Arcuri #SVCC
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Today, like most days, I'm dressed as a woman that speaks her mind. I know how scary that is to some people! 😉👻 #HappyHalloween.
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Whoa. my coworker has a Braille smartwatch! Some very cool, accessibile tech coming out of @dot_incorp
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Here's our @googlechrome response to the Kazakhstan government order for HTTPS interception: .
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"Teens are more likely to be hacking computers than smoking. " via I have hope for the future.
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Heading home after a crazy 48 hours at #BHUSA! So happy that my talk resonated with many folks & thankful to @BlackHatEvents for creating a literally out-of-this-world keynote experience 👨🎤🤘👩💻👸🌚🏔️
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"There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer, who announced with great glee that I was going to be dead within six months," she recalled. "That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now himself dead." - RBG, 💪👩⚖️.
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Once upon a time, a teenager from Uruguay found a security bug in Google, reported it so it could get it fixed, got paid $36337, and then shared his work with the world. I love happy endings!
Earlier this year I found a Remote Command Execution bug in non-production environments in Google App Engine, and I got 36 thousand dollars!.Now the bug is fixed and I can finally publish my write-up about it:
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mom: your uncle said you're in but it got blocked, and I can't access it. me: yeah, it's a list behind a paywall. mom: do you get any money for being on it?.me: no.mom: then I'm not giving money to them!.
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If you press the wrong floor button inside an elevator in Tokyo, you can unpress it (or press it again to deactive). THIS IS INNOVATION!.
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weltschmerz, backpfeifengesicht, fremdschämen, kopfkino and other German words I want in English:
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✔️ thought leadership in slides 😉.✔️ pink hair refresh 💅.✔️ @granick on speed dial in case of trouble ⚖️. I'm ready for Vegas and #BHUSA2018! 👸🎰👩💻
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Just gave a talk to 5th grade girls about coding and hacking. I can confirm that juice boxes and gummy snacks are still hip. Facebook is not.
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I want to be like James Mickens when I grow up. A snippet from his glorious @USENIXSecurity abstract (: "Some people enter the industry to build newer, more exciting technology. My keynote will savage these people & burn important professional bridges.".
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I found an Innovation Boardroom in my hotel. It was locked, probably to protect all the innovation.
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"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." --Albert Einstein.
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My husband sends me proof-of-life pictures when I'm traveling. 🍞🍞 🤗
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Or just navigate to chrome://dino 😋🎂🦖👩💻👨💻.
Do you think you can beat @laparisa? Turn off your WiFi, open a new tab, press spacebar to start, then spacebar to jump. Share your score with #GoogleChrome.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Microsoft spoofing the Google homepage is another tactic in its long history of tricks to confuse users & limit choice. New year; new low @Microsoft.
Microsoft is using Bing to trick people into thinking they’re on Google
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Today is both my first full day of a 2-week vacation, and unfortunately, my first full day of a 2-week quarantine; first responder hubs tested positive for COVID yesterday :(. Stay safe folks! 😷.
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She's giving me her best "the toilet paper must have jumped out of the closet and started shredding itself" look, but I'm not buying it! #HappyCaturday #CatsOfTwitter
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I accidentally typed my corp password into the launch celebration meeting chat with 50+ teammates that worked on some of the security and privacy improvements in #Oops #PasswordsAreHard #Ironic 🥸🤪😬. (And then promptly reset it, of course!).
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But I'm crepe. I'm a weirdough. What the hell am I doughing here? I donut belong here. (via @lingvistov)
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This is exactly how you should be explaining all this stuff to your non-techie friends, family, and pets.
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Time to get honest about connection security: h/t @__apf__ @emschec @estark37 @alexainslie & @googlechrome security.
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Sooooo much fun at my first @F1 race in Austin, cheering on @McLarenF1 from the garage & seeing their @googlechrome logo & wheels up close 😯🏁🏎️😆
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I've decided to, once again, not sign up to run a marathon. Thank you for supporting me!.
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When I lived in Zurich, I learned that Swiss women didn't get the right to vote until 1971 & needed permission from their husbands to work or open a bank account until 1985! Switzerland still lags on many gender equality issues. Kudos to those demanding better. #Frauenstreik.
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I ❤️ the title. Also, this quote: "Better security won’t come from a team of ninjas repelling into your company. Rather, it will be a longer, harder & much less sexy: a group of dedicated professionals, working tirelessly to overcome technical, cultural & economic hurdles.”.
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The software interpretation of Grey's law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetent software is indistinguishable from malware.
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She sells C shells by the back door. The shells she sells are C shells for sure. #InfosecTongueTwister.
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Santa, if you're listening, ALL I want for Christmas is no 0days or CA compromises until at least the New year's champagne wears off. Thank you! 🎅🎄🎁👩💻.
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I'm so excited to share the @googlechrome 10th birthday update. COMING THIS WEEK! My team has been hard at work on polish, performance improvements, auto-magic to help users get things done (safely!) with less clicks or bumps, & more. Also, CAKE! 🥳🦖🎂 #GoogleChrome.
In case you couldn’t tell…it’s our birthday. Plus, we’ve got a surprise for you this Tuesday. #GoogleChrome
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Seeing some less-than-sophisticated “research” on Chrome security this week, and wanted to clarify a few things, because some reporters seem to unfortunately be confused about what CVE *counts* actually mean. The answer: not much. 🧵(1/4).
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Only in the Bay Area will you find adults selling lemonade for cryptocurrency in January.
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Today, I went on a virtual site visit to see our @googlechrome team in Montreal and they sent me this 🇨🇦🍟🧀🟤😋
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Hmmm. @MegginKearney has presented me with a very hard @googlechrome decision to make this morning.
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I'm proud of some recent work feedback I got: "She has no tolerance for jerks (firm dealing w/ them) & no acceptance of jerk behavior." 💪.
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May you live in interesting times.
Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser for Windows 10
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😬.
Just paused Star Trek Discovery to read the code Burnham is working on, and it’s just the Win32 APIs. Looks like Starfleet runs Windows.
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