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Amin Girasol<p>Hi! I'd like recommendations for a secondhand exploitable e-ink e-reader, something akin to the 2016 Kobo Aura ONE. I want to be able to sideload apps like KOreader and Plato and access the filesystem like any other removable storage.</p><p>Please retoot!</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/eink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eink</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ereader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ereader</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Another Masterful Gambit: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archives</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackable</span></a> Digital Records</p><p>The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year.</p><p>&gt; sounds suspicious to me</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gsa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-</span><span class="invisible">tape-archives-digital-storage/</span></a></p>
Axel<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICYMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICYMI</span></a> Google is open sourcing pebbleOS, the OG smart watch is coming back!</p><p><a href="https://repebble.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">repebble.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 👈 add yourself to the list to support the project whydontcha(*)</p><p>Who would have thought evil corp can do something nice and non-selfserving for a change 😁</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pebble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pebble</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pebbleos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pebbleos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a> </p><p>(*) not affiliated, just excited</p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackable</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/supplychain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supplychain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016577" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2016577</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kate Korsaro 🎲🐧<p>Maybe it's a little too early, but I'm quite excited. My next big project: 2d6 Tales, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> system.</p><p>Big as in "As much love and care I can give it" big.</p><p>Wish me luck.</p>
PrivacyDigest<p>How <a href="https://mas.to/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> Demands Tech Firms Reveal <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackable</span></a> Flaws in Their Products</p><p>Some foreign companies may be complying—potentially offering China’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spies</span></a> hints for hacking their customers.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hack</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/china-vulnerability-disclosure-law/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/china-vulnerab</span><span class="invisible">ility-disclosure-law/</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>How China gets free intel on tech companies’ vulnerabilities<br>If your company operates in China, it must reveal all hackable bugs to government.<br>Either leave China or give sensitive descriptions of vulnerabilities in the company’s products to a government that may well use that information for offensive hacking.<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/how-china-gets-free-intel-on-tech-companies-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2023/</span><span class="invisible">09/how-china-gets-free-intel-on-tech-companies-vulnerabilities/</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/vulnerabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerabilities</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a></p>
Make:<p>Looking forward to going hands-on with this absolute beast of a board! 💪☕🐼</p><p>Read more about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DFRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DFRobot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LattePanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LattePanda</span></a> Sigma <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a> single-board server on our blog:</p><p><a href="https://makezine.com/article/technology/computers-mobile/dfrobot-launches-lattepanda-sigma-hackable-single-board-server/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makezine.com/article/technolog</span><span class="invisible">y/computers-mobile/dfrobot-launches-lattepanda-sigma-hackable-single-board-server/</span></a></p>
Artemis<p>Wishlist <a href="https://c.im/tags/SolarDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarDeck</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HackerDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerDeck</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CyberDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberDeck</span></a> </p><p>- low power, daylight readable, artisan design</p><p>- Accepting a wide range of (unstable) (AC and DC) power source including solar<br>+ has a long lasting easy to replace/make diy internal battery </p><p>- Right after power on boots into a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a> from ROM/Flash: a full featured multi language terminal OS (command line, editor, compiler, debugger, resident monitor, filesystems, &amp; documentation + source included). Which also acts as general boot loader :) <br>+ Open modular design with embedded (basic) platform independent drivers <br>+ Over an <a href="https://c.im/tags/hackable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackable</span></a> zero configuration auto discovery self-healing variable speed powered serial peer-to-peer bus which can be daisy-chained </p><p>- If <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wireless</span></a>, supports mesh-networking with nearby wireless peer and secure relaying</p><p>- If <a href="https://c.im/tags/Networked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networked</span></a>, offer some (common/well-known) store-and-forward <a href="https://c.im/tags/DDTN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDTN</span></a> services </p><p>{ to be extended }<br>——<br>doi:10.1145/234286.1057832<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)#Uses" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(p</span><span class="invisible">rogramming_language)#Uses</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_monitor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident</span><span class="invisible">_monitor</span></a><br><a href="http://www.zeroconf.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">zeroconf.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/OpenBIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBIOS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/SDDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDDNS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mDNS</span></a></p>