Remotely Unlocking an Encrypted Hard Disk
Can you remotely unlock an encrypted hard disk? [Jyn] needed to unlock their home server after it rebooted even if they weren’t home. Normally, they used...
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Firefox Is Getting a Major Redesign After 5 Years
Firefox’s Proton design has been around since 2021, and it is starting to show its age. The interface is flat, uses a lot of gray, and...
Read moreGet Gmail alerts on Ubuntu without a dedicated mail client
Pigeon Email Notifier is a GNOME Shell extension that does one thing: show a desktop notification when new mail arrives in your Gmail, Microsoft Outlook or IMAP...
Read moreHow an Old Automatic Stoker was Hacked Onto a Modern Lancashire Boiler
Usage of an automatic stoker. (Source: Claymills Pumping Station, YouTube) Hacks are of all ages, with the Victorian-era Claymills Pumping Station being no exception. When its...
Read moreDJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robovacs
The DJI Romo robot vacuums. | Image: DJI On Valentine’s Day, I brought you a story that’s since made headlines all around the world: How one...
Read moreKDE Plasma Saw A Lot Of Bug/Crash Fixing & UI Polishing This Week
Nate Graham and John Veness are out today with the newest issue of This Week in Plasma. Notable for KDE Plasma 6.6.x~6.7 development this week were...
Read moreAdmiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women Who Have Received EFF Awards
For the last hundred years, women have had pivotal and far too often unsung roles in building and shaping the technology that we now use every...
Read moreThis Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work
Deveillance’s Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.
Read moreDing-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead
In his 1961 novel The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck wrote of loss, “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would...
Read moreValve says it still plans to ship the Steam Machine in 2026
A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would...
Read moreSatellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran’s attacks on US bases
Planet Labs, one of the world’s leading commercial satellite imaging companies, said Friday it is placing a hold on releasing imagery of some parts of the...
Read moreAdmiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires
In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. Anna Politkovskaya Jillian...
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