Gus the hacker puppeteer writes, "Last weekend was the Hackers On Planet Earth conference (where, ICYMI, Cory was the keynote address). I always come away from HOPE wishing there were easier ways to share what I learned there with friends and family. Fortunately, the Internet Society has been streaming and storing videos of HOPE talks for the past two conferences. (My own talk, on getting into the minds of everyday computer users, should be up there eventually.)"
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"But in case your friends aren't going to stick around for a fifty-minute talk, The Media Show also released a shorter episode on how password cracking works during HOPE. We wanted to let people know it doesn't always involve 'leet hax — sometimes just simple social engineering. So you're invited to Erna's exclusive dance club, Studio 0x36, to learn about passwords the hard way from puppets Weena, Monster of the Week, a cat-in-the-middle attacker, and Ricky M. Stillborn, father of the Open Source Foundation!"
Lou Cabron writes, “Finally, after five years of work, Rhombus Tech has gone from a free/libre/open source “spec” to their first actual modular devices! The video is amazing.
I’m flying into Kansas City for part of Midamericon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, and while there, I’ll be on panels, give a reading, and sit down with fans for a kaffeeklatsch.
This tiny computer isn’t just cutest thing we ever did see, it’s actually incredibly powerful too. If you play your cards right, you can program Raspberry Pi (no relation to actual, delicious pie) to control physical objects on your command.You’ll just need a Raspberry Pi (duh) and a few courses to learn how to use […]
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Surfing the web today is packed with all sorts of perils–hackers, annoying trackers, ads, you name it. Luckily, there’s still a way to protect yourself and ensure anonymity when you’re web browsing: it’s called TigerVPN.We want to feel safe whenever we browse the internet, and this innovative software helps immeasurably. Whenever we want fast, private web access […]
