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Michael Coates @_mwc

CyberSecurity Venture Capitalist - Former CISO @Twitter, @Mozilla, @Coinlist, @OWASP chairman, Startup Founder (Acquired) michaelcoates.co San Francisco, CA Joined September 2008
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Michael Coates @_mwc

a month ago

This is a great step forward. There will be more to do to understand business logic flaws, but let’s be real, there is no shortage of code level vulnerabilities and this is needed.

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Anthropic @AnthropicAI

a month ago

This is a great step forward. There will be more to do to understand business logic flaws, but let’s be real, there is no shortage of code level vulnerabilities and this is needed.

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Michael Coates @_mwc

2 months ago

Wild how fast the future is coming at us - talked with ChatGPT this morning about time dilation and relativity - added features to my custom nutrition app via mobile on Replit and redeployed while on the move - grabbed a self driving car to get across town for my next meeting

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Michael Coates @_mwc

2 months ago

Dang. AI goes rogue and nukes the entire database. The “oops I panicked” part is particularly distressing!

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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk

2 months ago

Dang. AI goes rogue and nukes the entire database. The “oops I panicked” part is particularly distressing!

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Kevin Tian @KevinTian00

2 months ago

Great conversation with @_mwc! Timely with recent news. @DoppelHQ

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The Hacker News @TheHackersNews

2 months ago

Great conversation with @_mwc! Timely with recent news. @DoppelHQ

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Michael Coates @_mwc

2 months ago

Check out this great episode with me and @drericcole !

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Dr. Eric Cole @drericcole

2 months ago

Check out this great episode with me and @drericcole !

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Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 @DanielLurie

2 months ago

It’s official! Today I signed legislation to make @GCFC_SF the newest professional team in SF. GCFC will be putting in $10m to privately fund improvements to Kezar Stadium, which include a new field, new seating, and a new scoreboard.  Public access will remain the same.

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Michael Coates @_mwc

2 months ago

Sometimes you just need a little espresso break and R&R.

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Adam Ma’anit 🎗️ @adammaanit

3 months ago

OK, I’ve seen enough of these smug “but Israel has previously cried wolf about Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions” takes (like @jonstewart does here), so let’s debunk this charge: 🧵 /1

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Simon Willison @simonw

3 months ago

If you use "AI agents" (LLMs that call tools) you need to be aware of the Lethal Trifecta Any time you combine access to private data with exposure to untrusted content and the ability to externally communicate an attacker can trick the system into stealing your data!

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Michael Coates @_mwc

a year ago

I’ve been mentioning the end of “truth” is imminent for the last 18 months. Social media and a camera in everyone’s pocket democratized news and information sharing AI in everyone’s pocket with the ability to create “real” images that are indistinguishable from reality will…

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Michael Coates @_mwc

3 months ago

Not surprised at all. Waymo provides a better experience without another person in the car you don’t know. People will go for the space and privacy of self driving cars for business calls, perception of safety and just piece of mind.

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Simon Kalouche @simonkalouche

3 months ago

Not surprised at all. Waymo provides a better experience without another person in the car you don’t know. People will go for the space and privacy of self driving cars for business calls, perception of safety and just piece of mind.

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Michael Coates @_mwc

3 months ago

Hi I’m locked out of my Coinbase account and need help recovering my account access. Here is my number to reach me +18582515188

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Garry Tan @garrytan

4 months ago

We need to legalize math in California Today the anti-math education bureaucrats are trying to force the UC system to water down math standards to accept fake data science courses that don’t teach algebra We interviewed @minilek, CS division chair @ Berkeley to get the low down

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Michael Coates @_mwc

4 months ago

Civic center in San Francisco at 8:30am. Looking good. Thank you @DanielLurie Keep it up!

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Village Global @villageglobal

5 months ago

🚨 Pre-seed Cybersecurity founders: we’ve teamed up with 3x CISO Michael Coates (@_mwc) (ex-@mozilla, @twitter, @_OWASP Chair) to launch Velocity x Seven Hill Ventures. Get up to $1M in funding, hands-on support, plus $350K in @Azure and $10K in @OpenAI credits. Apply now 👇

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