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Relys··on ‘Shadow Brokers’ Leak Raises Question of whether the N.S.A. was Hacked
Hasn't some past leaks been covered by the Freedom of Information Act?
Relys··on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
The bit-rot struggle is real. XD
Relys··on ‘Shadow Brokers’ Leak Raises Question of whether the N.S.A. was Hacked
One does not simply get into that type of position without being an psychological apex predator. In fact, many high functioning sociopaths are attracted to positions of power both in the business and political worlds.
Relys··on Japanese Audiophiles Install $10k Personal Electricity Utility Poles
Ok thanks for clarifying. I was thinking of a feature on a motherboard I recently purchased:

"USB DAC-UP provides clean, noise-free power delivery to your Digital-to-Analog Converter. DACs can be sensitive to fluctuations in power from the other USB ports, which is why USB DAC-UP takes advantage of an isolated power source that minimizes potential fluctuations and ensures the best audio experience possible."

I've also had to use a 5v step up converter to provide a filtered power source for the camera on my FPV drone I built. I can see why an Audiophile would want filtered voltage supply if they had money to burn I guess.

Relys··on Japanese Audiophiles Install $10k Personal Electricity Utility Poles
Fools and their money are easily parted... I'm no audio expert but isn't this what an digital-to-analog converter is used for in the audio industry? This just seems like overkill with extremely diminishing returns (if any).
Relys··on Microsoft Live Account Credentials Leaking from Windows 8 and Above
https://www.yubico.com/
Relys··on Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses
This is going to end poorly... False flag or not, the coup has given Erdogan an excuse to flush out and exterminate all who oppose him. Anyone want to take bets how long until NATO will revoke Turkey's membership?
Relys··on USB 3.0 Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices (2012)
I would assume running USB 3.0 read/write tests with radio on vs off would provide a good benchmark.
Relys··on Cloudflare ReCAPTCHA De-Anonymizes Tor Users
Same! =D
Relys··on USB 3.0 Radio Frequency Interference on 2.4 GHz Devices (2012)
I found out about this issue while purchasing an AC spec router last year:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Netg...

The Asus RT-AC68U did not have proper shielding on their USB 3.0 hub (at least in their launch hardware revision) which lead to interference.

Relys··on Why Windows 10 Sucks
Even if you play AAA games you can migrate!

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3lno0t/gpu_pa...

I successfully followed this tutorial using Arch Linux as my primary OS and emulating Windows in QEMU with PCI passthrough to the graphics card. Unfortunately, I had too much lag in my Oculus Rift since I didn't have a dedicated USB PCI card to pass-through, but the performance overhead for AAA games was minimal and I was able to max out Fallout 4 with no noticeable performance decrease.

Relys··on Ask HN: 2FA hardware?
I use the https://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-hardware/yubikey-neo....
Relys··on Jarvis: an Amazon Echo clone in your browser
Thanks, I've always seen a Beamforming option in my DD-WRT Router but didn't know the exactly technical implementation.
Relys··on MacBook gets a Skylake speed boost, 8GB of memory, longer battery life
Why is there no official support? Don't you already pay for the license for the hardware decoder?
Relys··on QIRA: Timeless Debugging by geohot [video]
@comex: "sounds like geohot all right. https://t.co/busnrUz2hX"

@geekable: "@comex If I'm reading this correctly, he's bragging about stealing Vicarious IP. Great plan there"

@littlesteve: "@geekable @comex that's exactly what he did, again sounds exactly like him"

@SylerClayton: "@littlesteve @geekable @comex Yeah, no surprise there. I respect some of his past work, but would it hurt the guy to be a little less cocky?"

@littlesteve: "@SylerClayton @geekable @comex he has always been a little theify, it's his arrogance of "I don't need a team I can do it better"

@SylerClayton: "@littlesteve @geekable @comex Didn't he leak some of @Mathieulh's work dumping metldr on the PS3 or did he do all by himself?"

@Mathieulh: "@SylerClayton @littlesteve @geekable @comex he didn't do shit, I trusted him with my work and he leaked it. Then I had to document it all just to prove that it was indeed mine, even though I had not planned a public release that soon."

@marcan42: "He also gave no credit for our ECDSA fail research until I complained to him."

@littlesteve: "@marcan42 @SylerClayton @geekable @comex @Mathieulh that's our geohot right there"

@marcan42: "And AIUI he was the "first" to unlock (not JB) an iPhone but based on others' work."

Source: https://twitter.com/comex/status/709868908161929216

@comex, @Mathieulh and @marcan42 of @fail0verflow are very respected members of the community. I worked personally with @comex to develop the kernel exploit used in https://github.com/wiiudev/libwiiu. I can attest that he's one of the nicest and smartest hackers I've ever met and helped me learn a great deal about exploit research and development. Take these words with a grain of salt if you must, but I wouldn't immediately disregard the statements of @geohots peers regarding his character...I'm not contesting that he's brilliant (he certainly is and I can respect that). I'm just saying he seems to be a bit of an egomaniac and sociopath.

Relys··on U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone
Martin Hector (@marcan42) from the established hardware hacking group fail0verflow has to say about the situation: https://marcan.st/2016/03/untangling-ios-pin-code-security/

Essentially you can just automate the backup/restore of the eMMC flash storage and brute force the PIN. :)

Relys··on The making of PlayStation VR
I'm sure cardiovascular issues would arise from spinning people for extended periods of time with high g-force. It would probably be acceptable in niche applications (i.e. flight training), but I can't imagine using this method as a daily driver at all healthy. xD
Relys··on Verizon fined $1.3M for supercookie header injection [pdf]
We've learned that with Cable TV/Hulu
Relys··on ESP8266: A $5 microcontroller with wi-fi that runs Python
Thanks for the reply. After a month I ended up canceling my order. I'll just pay a bit extra from Amazon.
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
Nice!
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
Ummm, I believe it's a board you can surface mount the ESP8266 on to.
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
We can still dream can't we? I hope to see this in the future.
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
Hmmm, I got a pretty bad frame rate with RetroPIE even with it overclocked.
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
Please do this. I find the current N64 emulator in RetroPIE lacking regarding speed and support (even overclocked).
Relys··on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
I recommend installing Retrosmc https://github.com/mcobit/retrosmc over OSMC https://osmc.tv/ and hooking it up permanently to your TV.

I use a PS3 Dualshock controller and it works wonderfully. :)

Relys··on Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client
Signal has a secure calling option but it isn't very robust and I've had issues with it.
Relys··on ESP8266: A $5 microcontroller with wi-fi that runs Python
I ordered a couple of these as well but GearBest is taking their sweet time shipping...
Relys··on Talk to a neural chatbot trained on Reddit comments
You: when does the narwhal bacon? Computer: When I eat it.
Relys··on GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3
Yes, this is correct.
Relys··on Why expat Americans are giving up their passports
Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? People make simple mistakes all the time. With something as bloated and obtuse as the US tax code the margin of error for honest mistakes is drastically increased. Criminal action should be classified as preemptive malicious intent. Glad to hear things worked out to you. Props to the CRA for it's professional conduct.
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