#appsec
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #appsec from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #appsec
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-09 22:47 UTC22 uses by 19 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-09 22:47 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-09 22:47 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~261 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 09:00
Languages: English (31) · Portuguese (9)
Avg boosts / post: 1.1
Top of the latest posts
🚨 An AI coding agent reportedly wiped ~5 years of irreplaceable data. A routine maintenance task with Claude Code turned into a catastrophic `rm -rf /*` incident affecting The Mythic Society’s digital archives. The technical chain is what
Security Tip: Stop running containers as root. 🛡️ By default, containers often run as root. If an attacker exploits a vulnerability (like a CVE) within the app, they gain root privileges inside, making host escapes easier. Actionable step:
Spots are filling up fast for Portugal's AppSec conference ⏳ Grab your ticket → appsecdays.pt/tickets #OWASP #AppSec #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Portugal #Porto #AppSecDaysPortugal
What “appsec” means
WikipediaApplication security (AppSec) includes all tasks that introduce a secure software development life cycle to development teams. Its final goal is to improve security practices and, through that, to find, fix and preferably prevent security issues within applications. It encompasses the whole application life cycle from requirements analysis, design, implementation, verification as well as maintenance.
“Application security” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#appsec across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #appsec straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/appsec