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I feel like the dream of static analysis was always a pipe. When the payment for vulns drops i'm wondering where the value is for hackers to run these tools anymore? The LLMs don't…

lots of security issues form at the boundaries between packages, zones, services, sessions, etc. Static analysis could but doesn't seem to catch this stuff from my perspective. Bug…

Thanks, this is very good information! To answer your question, I thought it might just be slightly harder to extract secrets or exploit a running process directly. Thats all I was…

5G CSS is harder yes, but keep in mind that most 5G is the 5G_NSA variety, and is really just riding on the same cell bands, no mmwave here. You probably notice that your phone oft…

well, a concerted attack could easily subvert the baseband if you have a few million dollars and the correct letterhead or private contacts. GrapheneOS really wants the software in…

GrapheneOS have hardened_malloc which is a huge advantage, I think. It makes the weird machines problem much harder. I would say be very careful, because you can still get previews…

fyi a Cell Site Simulator can masquerade as the legitimate telco operator and push type 0 messages to the handset. What that means is they can push malicious settings and configura…

Cool! I just popped in to add that NASA employee Charles White, a scientist involved with the Mars Rover project, also helped make a Burning Man Mars Rover Car (back before Playa B…

I mean it was fine for these guys because they got huge press and happen to be in an industry that can handle this. They've got experience, current employment, industry contacts, a…

Sure it does, it just always relied on external encoders. I use audacity for recording vinyl occasionally, but for CD audio I have a bunch of cli scripts. Much easier.

I have, they're tiny shoes and it'll lock up your rear wheels at best. I would suggest that anybody reading NOT try this unless you have a quite large and empty lot with no public …

They also don't really stop a moving car, its a parking brake. Just wanted to add, a EPB used for emergency stop in his scenario is just using the regular stopping brakes, its not …

You can almost always pop the cable (if you have to) and hit the rotor with a hammer, or use a puller. If that doesn't work you hit it with a hammer from the other side until the p…

Most people doing the right thing use a torque limiter to "gun" the wheel on and then set final torque with the tires just touching the ground (for friction) which is totally adequ…

Thats the same case with all brakes in use more or less. Also modern brakes have two hydraulic systems, in the case that one of the loops (front or rear) breaks there should be suf…

At the time hacker meant informal programmer, among other things. “I’m hacking on my book review website” “I’m hacking on a desktop filesharing app.” Those hackers sometimes got a …

Very related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

Its almost certainly cocaine

I feel like we could do better, quite easily. People are very gung-ho (jing-go?) on this and it seems clear to me that we can use our significant technological advantages and inves…

The chilling effect of the executive. The current admin leverages government agencies against the corporation who will report on this if not to their liking. And more!

The preferred response is to downvote and move on. Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.

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Well, to steel man this a bit, Citizen’s United codified unlimited spending on political causes by nearly anyone. John Sirota has spent quite a bit of effort on journalism on this …

Sorry to double reply, I forgot to mention what is likely the source of this interest. Recently, Kyle Hill produced this 30 minute video explaining why we may want to re-examine th…

There is a little more than that. A guitarist who plays electrified isn't just playing the guitar; the entire signal chain becomes the instrument. Everything from the room to the f…