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You can set up recurring donations here: \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatreon: \u003ca href=\"https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epatreon.com/infosecexchange\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKo-Fi: \u003ca href=\"https://ko-fi.com/infosecexchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eko-fi.com/infosecexchange\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiberapay: \u003ca href=\"https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eliberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can also support with a one-time donation using PayPal to \u0026quot;jerry@infosec.exchange\u0026quot;.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://infosec.exchange/@jerry","uri":"https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry","avatar":"https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/000/000/003/original/d1e0e21231323774.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/000/000/003/original/d1e0e21231323774.jpeg","header":"https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/headers/000/000/003/original/bdd2a65ad87c7174.jpeg","header_static":"https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/headers/000/000/003/original/bdd2a65ad87c7174.jpeg","followers_count":38544,"following_count":3523,"statuses_count":40492,"last_status_at":"2025-02-23","hide_collections":false,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[{"id":"3","name":"Owner","color":""}],"fields":[{"name":"Protonmail","value":"jerry@bell.st","verified_at":null},{"name":"Blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.infosec.engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003einfosec.engineering\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-11-30T00:36:38.960+00:00"},{"name":"Liberapay","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eliberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2022-12-26T20:44:16.163+00:00"},{"name":"Paypal","value":"jerry@infosec.exchange","verified_at":null},{"name":"Ko-Fi","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://ko-fi.com/infosecexchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eko-fi.com/infosecexchange\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Patreon","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003epatreon.com/infosecexchange\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"rules":[{"id":"1","text":"Do unto others as you think they would want done to them.  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