Adrian Dabrowski
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Adrian Dabrowski
@atrox.at
Security, privacy, cellular, living in clouds; night-owl; PostDoc CISPA; former UCI, SBA, TU Wien, iSeclab. My own opinions. May contain sarcasm.
Calling speakers "content creators", is like calling authors "page fillers". #defcon
August 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Adrian Dabrowski
John Young, founder of Cryptome - an early model for WikiLeaks - has died. The Register has a good obituary. I had a run-in with John in 2010 after Cryptome got hacked and I wrote about it for Wired. He was often difficult to deal with but no one could doubt his dedication to the transparency cause
John Young, co-founder of web archive Cryptome, dies at 89
Obituary: The original leak site that never sold out, never surrendered
www.theregister.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Quick reminder: when something is called "original" on Ali Express, it's still the same crap, just with a fake sticker and at double the price point.
May 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#android office connector has a annoying calendar syncing bug: it decides what to sync not based on the event's date but on the creation date of said event. An appointment made more than 15 days ago for tomorrow has a very high probability of being lost in sync.
January 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Adrian Dabrowski
My stream about crafting a PDF file from scratch is over.
www.youtube.com/live/q6KgFez...
It was nice and chill to take the time to answer questions, thanks again for joining!
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January 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Travel Tip: never buy anything at an airport duty free shop.
Heavily taxed items such as Tabacco is usually cheaper on the plane (!) itself. Everyday items are much much cheaper in supermarkets.
December 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM
If you need a talk to digest, we are right after the lunch break today :) www.blackhat.com/eu-24/briefi...
Black Hat Europe 2024
Black Hat Europe 2024
www.blackhat.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:33 AM
For that design, we will probably be the first ones put against the wall when the AI uprises.
@bsidesvienna.at nice to be here, best location in vienna!
November 23, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Extract (un-deflate) the first file in a .zip archive without #unzip using #bash:
h=(`hexdump -d in.zip | head -2`); (printf "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"; tail -c +`echo 31+${h[15]}+${h[16]}|bc` < in.zip ) | gzip -dc > outfile
August 26, 2024 at 9:49 AM
I fixed the Usenix Security badge ribbons...
August 16, 2024 at 6:03 PM
On my way to a great #TelcoSecDay in Heidelberg!
June 24, 2024 at 2:59 PM
GPS spoofing and jamming - as experienced by commercial pilots www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm9B...
GPS jamming (& spoofing) explained
In this video we walk you through what GPS jamming and spoofing is, the difference between the two, and our new Flightradar24 GPS jamming map which shows you up to date info about where in the world GPS jamming is currently affecting aircraft. Then we let the pilots of our recent SAS flight from Copenhagen to Bangkok explain some of what they experience due to GPS jamming, and what they do to mitigate it. Take a look at the Flightradar24 GPS jamming map here: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/gps-jamming Don't miss the full SAS A350 flight deck video this was inspired by, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dG_Whxzdkk Follow Flightradar24 on Instagram - http://instagram.com/flightradar24 Find us on Facebook - https://facebook.com/flightradar24 Twitter - https://twitter.com/flightradar24 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2740521 ------------------------------------------- Useful flight tracking links: ✈️ Track live flights here - https://www.flightradar24.com 🎧 Listen to our podcast here - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast 🛩️ Find out more about subscriptions here - https://www.flightradar24.com/premium 📕 Read our flight tracking glossary here - https://www.flightradar24.com/glossary 📧 Sign up to our Aviation newsletter - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/on-the-radar-newsletter/ #flightradar24 #gps #navigation
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June 14, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Usenix Security notifications in 5...4...3... <F5> <F5> <F5> <F5> ah.. nevermind...
May 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Also only in Germany: Your PhD certificate is in German and English, but it is from Austria, so we need it recertified for €200,- and it will take around 3 months.
Everywhere (faculty position): Once we are ready to employ you after the hearings and expert reports, we might need your doctoral diploma for verification.

Germany: Please include your Ph.D., master's, and bachelor's diploma + transcripts and your A-level diploma in the application.
May 3, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Reposted by Adrian Dabrowski
the feynman lectures on physics (you all have heard of them but i can just reiterate to reread or watch them every few years :D)

www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu

recordings and additioinal material here:
www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu#footnote_2
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman • Leighton • Sands
www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu
May 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I guess, this will be my conference t-shirt #acmtaps
May 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Don't stare into the sun with your remaining eye! #eclipse
April 8, 2024 at 8:35 AM
My son's friendship book will be the ultimate source for solving password recovery questions in the future.
April 8, 2024 at 8:31 AM
March 7, 2024 at 5:52 PM
just in case you do not want to spend 14 days and at least 33 emails with ACM TAPS support to get your two papers published, because the system does not provide any error logs - here are some observations and lessons I had. #acmtaps
February 20, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Everywhere (faculty position): Once we are ready to employ you after the hearings and expert reports, we might need your doctoral diploma for verification.

Germany: Please include your Ph.D., master's, and bachelor's diploma + transcripts and your A-level diploma in the application.
February 14, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Dear app developer: just because my system language is English, doesn't mean I wish you display times in masochistic 12-hour am/pm format (without any way to change that).
January 23, 2024 at 11:11 PM
All #USB-PD trigger modules I see only allow the selection of a specific voltage but not of a required supported current for the power supply (via PD) and the cable (e-Marker).
January 23, 2024 at 11:43 AM
#Academic publishers are like, "Good! You made it through peer review! You can now either give us an exclusive license so we can put it behind a paywall, or you can pay $1000 to make it open access. It would be a shame if no one could read your precious paper, wouldn't it?"
January 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Pretend sleep - as it turns out - is highly effective as a last step to put your toddlers to bed. The only downside is that I actually fall asleep myself.
January 14, 2024 at 12:13 PM