Mark Loveless, aka Simple Nomad, is a researcher and hacker. He frequently speaks at security conferences around the globe, gets quoted in the press, and has a somewhat odd perspective on security in general.

Archive

Commentary
- Apr 25, 2024 The TikTok Implications
- Jul 25, 2023 What’s Old is New, Sorta…
- Jul 13, 2023 Being Green
- Mar 17, 2023 Why I Don’t Hate AI
- Mar 23, 2022 Knickers in a Twist
- Dec 31, 2020 Things I Learned in 2020
- May 11, 2019 Robot Death and Data Lessons
Conference
- May 11, 2022 Hacker Travel Tips
- Jul 27, 2021 Change
- Nov 16, 2020 The BSidesDFW 2020 Experiment
- Feb 3, 2020 ShmooCon 2020
- Jan 7, 2020 Tips for Speaking in Public
- Aug 29, 2019 Observations from Vegas
- Jul 24, 2019 Las Vegas Summer Camp Survival Guide
- Feb 13, 2019 Physical OPSEC as a Metaphor for Infosec
- Feb 4, 2019 Enigma 2019
- Nov 21, 2018 Some Older Videos
- Nov 19, 2018 Enigma 2019, and Hello!
Energy
- Sep 3, 2024 Energy Monitoring Part Three
- Aug 13, 2024 Energy Monitoring Part Two
- Aug 6, 2024 Energy Monitoring Part One
Fun Friday
- Mar 21, 2025 LGBTQ+
- Feb 7, 2025 Edge Case
- Dec 8, 2023 Fun Friday: But Her Emails!
- Dec 1, 2023 The History of the Word "Cyber"
- Oct 20, 2023 Fun Friday: Things NOT To Yell During Climax
- Sep 1, 2023 Fun Friday: Rooster Blocked
- May 26, 2023 Fun Friday: Future Homeowner
- Mar 31, 2023 Fun Friday: Tea Secrets
- Mar 3, 2023 Fun Friday: Unpopular Con Swag Habits
- Feb 10, 2023 Fun Friday: Non-Hacker YouTube Channels for Hackers
- Jan 20, 2023 Fun Friday: A Short History of a Few Common Terms
- Jan 6, 2023 Fun Friday: The Great Pharmacy Heist
- Nov 25, 2022 Fun Friday: Weird Interruptions
- Oct 14, 2022 Old Weird Hacker Things
- Sep 9, 2022 Fun Friday: Why I Hate The Cold
- Aug 19, 2022 Blast from the Past: Two Bugs, One Email
- Jul 29, 2022 Fun Friday: Naming People
- Feb 11, 2022 Things I've Learned Getting Older
- Jul 23, 2021 The AT&T Fiber Upgrade Pt. Three
- Jul 2, 2021 The AT&T Fiber Upgrade Pt. Two
- Apr 16, 2021 The AT&T Fiber Upgrade Pt. 1
- Dec 25, 2020 Fun Xmas Friday: Famous Encounters
- Aug 28, 2020 Tales from the Past - Dealing with AT&T
- Jun 19, 2020 Tales from my Teens: Bad Date
- Jun 12, 2020 Researcher's Plight: Sendmail
- Feb 14, 2020 It's Our Fault
- Dec 20, 2019 Speaker Tales
- Dec 6, 2019 Working Remote
- Nov 8, 2019 The Dark Side of Research
- Sep 6, 2019 Old Code
- Mar 15, 2019 The Password
- Feb 22, 2019 Tales from the Past - "You Tested Positive for TNT"
- Feb 8, 2019 Offense vs Defense vs Offense
- Jan 25, 2019 The End of the Landline
- Jan 11, 2019 My New (old) Laptop
- Jan 4, 2019 The Game of Risk
- Dec 28, 2018 Tales from the Past - Bizarre Help Desk Request
- Dec 21, 2018 2019 Predictions for Geeks
- Dec 14, 2018 Apocalypse Never
- Dec 7, 2018 Music and Programmers
- Nov 30, 2018 Why I Am Paranoid
News
- Dec 18, 2018 Reflections on Huawei
Personal Tech
- Jul 16, 2024 The EV Over a Year Later
- Jun 25, 2024 Smart Devices and No Internet
- May 16, 2023 The New Car
- Mar 10, 2023 My HP Dev One
- Nov 16, 2022 Dealing with "Smart"
- Jun 28, 2022 Digital Tracking
- Jun 1, 2022 A Real Look at EMPs
- Jan 25, 2022 Urban EDC Kit
- Aug 16, 2021 Video Rendering on Linux
- Jun 8, 2021 Advancing Persistently Against APT
- May 20, 2021 The Hacker Burner Phone
- Apr 5, 2021 The Home Network Overhaul
- Jul 14, 2020 Hacker EDC: Apocalypse Edition
- Jun 8, 2020 Avoiding Physical Surveillance
- Jun 1, 2020 SMTP or DNS? Tales of a Mail Administrator
- Mar 6, 2020 Quick Tips for Remote Work
- Feb 10, 2020 A Hacker's Laptop Bag
- Jan 30, 2020 Going Gray: The Gray Man
- Dec 2, 2019 The Death of the Smart Home
- Jan 15, 2019 Lemonade from Lemons: Dealing with Windows 10
- Dec 10, 2018 Five Hacker Gift Ideas - Video
- Dec 4, 2018 A Security Guy's Every Day Carry
- Nov 27, 2018 My iPhone Apps, and Why I Use Them
Research
- Jan 23, 2025 Using AI Code Generation Securely
- Feb 20, 2023 Looking at Phone Apps
- Jul 7, 2020 My MITM/Sniffing Station
- Jun 26, 2020 Contact Tracing Issues
Solar
- Feb 18, 2025 The Latest Solar Project Part 1
- Jul 30, 2024 Solar FAQ Part Two
- Jun 14, 2024 The Hot Water Heater
- Mar 5, 2024 Solar Adventures Continue
- Sep 19, 2023 Batteries - The First Year
- Dec 13, 2022 Solar Follow-up
- Sep 2, 2022 The Battery System
- Jun 21, 2022 Solar Frequently Asked Questions
- Apr 12, 2022 Expecting The Unexpected With Solar
- Mar 29, 2022 Solar House Prep and Vendor Choice
- Mar 15, 2022 The Current Solar Setup
Status
- Jan 10, 2025 Texas and Winter Storms
- Nov 29, 2024 Random News
- Dec 19, 2023 Pandemic Reflection
- Nov 1, 2023 Two Years
- Sep 11, 2023 Remembering 9/11
- Jun 13, 2023 Remembering My Cancer Treatment
- Mar 20, 2023 An Interview with ChatGPT
- Jan 2, 2023 Past Predictions
- Feb 28, 2022 Apocalypse Now: 2022
- Jan 4, 2022 Alone
- Jul 17, 2021 My Plan-demic
- Jun 3, 2020 Why I Prep
- May 24, 2020 End of Days Metal Playlist
- Mar 16, 2020 Thoughts on the (Current) Apocalypse
- Feb 26, 2019 Found in Transition
- Jan 24, 2019 Surprisingly Busy Week
- Dec 26, 2018 A New Year
- Dec 3, 2018 Lost in Transition
The Lab
- Aug 1, 2024 Upgrading Debian 11 to 12
- Jun 20, 2023 Debian 12 (Quick) Review
- Apr 5, 2023 Delving Into Home Assistant
- May 10, 2021 Server Error
The Network
- Jan 6, 2025 Network Review 2025
- Sep 17, 2024 Server Upgrades
- Jul 3, 2024 MTA-STS: Why and How I Did It
- May 14, 2024 Installing Wireguard
- Jan 30, 2024 Why I Self Host
- Nov 21, 2023 My Pi-hole Rabbit Hole
- Aug 24, 2023 Network Revamp 2023
- Aug 8, 2023 The Mastodon Migration
- Feb 7, 2023 Cleaning Up The Rack
- Dec 5, 2022 Mastodon and Self-Hosting
- Jun 7, 2022 Locking Down Accounts
- Sep 24, 2021 Daemon
- May 25, 2021 Talon
The Past
- Jan 9, 2024 Tales from the Past: I Spy
- Nov 10, 2023 Tales from the Past: Not Getting Caught Part Three
- Oct 3, 2023 Tales from the Past: Not Getting Caught Part Two
- Aug 18, 2023 Tales from the Past: Not Getting Caught Part 1
Truthiness
- Jan 1, 2020 2020 Predictions
Water
- Jun 14, 2024 The Hot Water Heater
- Feb 28, 2023 Project Tatooine Pt. 1