TomNomNomInterview
Security researcher, developer
Adapted from TomNomNom's interview on Uses This, published 16 September 2020. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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My mouse is a wired Microsoft Comfort 6000; which seems to be discontinued.
My keyboard is a Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless with Cherry MX Brown switches.
For when I attend live hacking events I have a 2019 Dell XPS 15.
Communication
Browser
Security
I'm the tech lead for security research at Detectify, where I've been since January 2020.
Coding & Development
Most of them are written in Go.
Media
Other
Valve's Proton has made impressive progress for running Windows games under Linux, but it still has a few quirks.
Command & Conquer - Remastered
I've been playing Command & Conquer Remastered recently, which has been a great way to re-live that part of my youth.
If I'm doing some hacking I might have Burp Suite open too.
Nearly all of my time spent actually "doing things" (as opposed to just browsing the web and watching endless YouTube videos) is spent in the terminal; which is something I seem to have become known for.