slightly related, update from Benn Jordan “Jon Gaines (Gainsec), the offensive security researcher who was featured in my recent video, lost employment today. 😠 Jon discovered the vast majority of the vulnerabilities with Flock Safety (among many other things) on his own time, which I believe will ultimately result in Americans being safer. I have a whole lot of guilt and anger about this. This is someone who went above and beyond to do things ethically and above-board. Rather than having a rant, I'll sever myself from my personal beliefs about surveillance. I think there could be a constructive outcome to this: 1. Flock Safety brings Jon onboard to lead their infosec. Last I checked, they didn't have a CISO. I would dislike this for selfish reasons, but it would be the clearest path to fixing the 50+ vulnerabilities. Jon's been entirely agnostic about the activism and solely concentrated on unbiased technical research...because that's his job. 2. A city, state, or larger government organization step up and have him setup the framework for an application and inspection program for AI, IoT, and surveillance device vendors as mentioned in my video. This costs the government nothing and everyone benefits. Alternatively this could be an NPO. 3. Less optimistically, but still a happy ending: An ethical company that needs a top security researcher to make their services robust hires Jon and puts his vast abilities to good use. If you own/work for/know a company that fits this description, do us a solid and reach out. gainsec.com This is one of those moments where the size of my platform could connect some very useful dots. Jon immensely cares about information security and has independently published more CVEs in 2025 than most researchers do in their entire career. He should receive an award, not this.”