Earlier it was said “customer is always right” but now the in digitak world it seems to have turned to “always claim it is user’s fault”. “The simple act of using Facebook, Snyder claimed, negated any user’s expectation of privacy. An outside party can’t violate what you yourself destroyed, Snyder seemed to suggest.” IN COURT, →
Electrical power grid hacking meets cyber war politics talk? Or just fear-mongering and fake news? What would happen if someone switches off the power fron your country? Russian hackers behind ‘world’s most murderous malware’ probing U.S. power grid https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/russian-hackers-us-power-grid/?amp Kremlin Warns of Cyberwar After Report of U.S. Hacking Into Russian Power Grid https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/world/europe/russia-us-cyberwar-grid.html →
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/01/encryption-wont-work-if-it-has-a-back-door-only-the-good-guys-have-keys-to- This article from few years back is still relevant, because this same stupid idea becomes re-introduced as proposed “solution” in different countries again and again. It’s impossible to overstate how bonkers the idea of sabotaging cryptography is. Use deliberately compromised cryptography, that has a back door that only the “good guys” are supposed to →
I had some broked LED flashlights and I thought of using components from them. Especially the compact battery holder that takes three AAA batteries looks useful in other small projects. Those worked OK when lightly loaded. But when I started taking current for a small motor, I could not get acceptable power out of them. →
https://shareably.net/40-times-businesses-made-customers-laugh/ →
A team of researchers representing several universities has disclosed the details a new type of side-channel attack: Researchers show with RAMBleed that it’s possible to use Rowhammer-style side-channel attacks to read protected memory. RAMBleed takes Rowhammer in a new direction. Rather than using bit flips to alter sensitive data, the new technique exploits the hardware →
https://www.nokiantyres.com/innovation/research-and-development/the-world-s-first-winter-tyre-with-retractable-studs/ This looks as an interesting concept: Nokian Tyres presents the world’s first non-studded winter tyre with studs in connection with the 80th anniversary of the winter tyre. With a press of a button, the driver can bring out the studs to improve the grip of the tyre. When the studs are not needed, they →
MCB (Miniature Circuit Breaker), Construction, Working, Types & Uses https://www.electricaltechnology.org/2016/02/mcb-miniature-circuit-breaker-types-construction-working-uses.html MCBs are used primarily as an alternative to the fuse switch in most of the circuits. A wide variety of MCBs have been in use nowadays in all areas of domestic, commercial and industrial applications as a reliable means of protection. Air Circuit Breaker (ACB) →
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-osx-bsd-ssh-run-command-on-remote-machine-server/ There are various ways to run multiple commands on a remote Unix server. This page shows some easy ways for using ssh to run multiple commands in remote server using bash shell. →
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/brians-brain/4461915/Studying-sleep–technology-assesses–alleviates-issues Article on technology for analyzing possible sleep apnea and related sleep disorder. →