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Embedded Rust, cyber security and privacy, motorcycles, and anything else I'm interested in this week
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NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
With the current state of things, I finally got around to getting a membership with @eff.org and could not be more chuffed with the sticker they sent me in my welcome letter
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Incredible turnout at the #NoKings rally in Philadelphia. What a beautiful sight! #NoKingsDay
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! ssd.eff.org/module/atte.... eff.org/rayhunter.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#rust working on a Microchip SAME51, controlling an Infineon TLE8242 solenoid driver. For the next version of my #MercedesBenz 722.6 gearbox controller.

(The 'slave' mode is a protocol I RE'd from the original EGS if you set a bit on EEPROM, used for EOL testing of the unit on the production line)
October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm seeing articles about the recent Secret Service SIM farm bust with scary quotes about shutting down all cell service, tying it to the UN meetings, or saying it must be a nation state intelligence operation. A quick google though shows the same tools being used to farm social media accounts
September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching
New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
www.404media.co
September 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM