Google and Apple's updated default search agreement

United States v. Google, No. 20-cv-3010 (APM) (D.D.C. Aug. 5, 2024). …

2024-09-15#technology#business#game-theory

Package manager package manager package manager

Let’s pretend I’ve decided to manage my JavaScript projects with package managers. …

2024-09-08#humor#programming

Firefox zero-day: You can't leave this page (2)

This a 0-day announcement showing web pages can prevent visitors from navigating back away from their website. …

2024-08-16#zero-day#security

Hey Are you open to working on projects right now?

Sharing my experience here with a spearphishing campaign where somebody approached me as a potential client. But their intention was to have me run software on my computer. The goal was assumedly to steal any cryptocurrency I have access to. …

2024-05-05#scam

How to fully spend AmEx gift cards on Amazon in 2024

Great news! You just got an American Express gift card! …

2024-02-20#how-to

Numerology for 1 to 10,000 things

Have you ever been staring at a list of things for sale. And they are serial numbered between 1 and 10,000, inclusive, and you wonder which one to buy? …

2023-12-27#how-to

How to connect Roku to Xfinity Wi-Fi

Connecting your Roku device to Xfinity Wi-Fi can be tricky, especially since Roku devices do not come with any built-in browser. This limitation makes the standard login process through a web page impossible. However, there’s an effective workaround using a computer to spoof your Roku’s MAC address, allowing you to authenticate on the Xfinity Wi-Fi network. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it, specifically tested and confirmed for the Roku 4K version. …

2023-12-18#how-to

Open letter to American Airlines about also-known-as name policy

Here is an open letter to American Airlines about multiple system failures we found on a recent trip. I hope this letter is helpful, fun and… actionable! Please let’s work together to make flying better in the 21st century. I still have a lot of the world left to see!!! …

2023-10-19#my-life

IRS proposed regulation for crypto

The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations for how taxes and transaction reporting will apply to crypto and other digital assets. …

2023-10-16#blockchain

You can break into these dApp admin accounts today

Alternate title: how to properly implement logins with a public-key system …

2023-09-13#blockchain

What is the worst thing that could happen if I sign a bad message?

Did you ever quickly sign a message and not know what it was? …

2023-08-13#blockchain#security

RainbowMask, use random accounts to login to Web3

Introducing RainbowMask, login to any Web3 website without making an account …

2023-07-11#blockchain#dumb-business-ideas

The case for war against Canada

I trained a neural network using war-is-always-the-answer articles from Bill Kristol. …

2023-06-29#neural-networks

Which campaign is from a neural network?

In politics, the mechanics of winning relies on getting broad messages delivered in very specific ways to excite people enough to go vote. …

2023-06-13#neural-networks

The European Data Act and regulating calculator.exe

The European Data Act codifies requirements for smart contracts. …

2023-05-31#blockchain

Quasi fungible token and MiCA

This week, Europe passed legislation regulating markets for crypto tokens. This is the markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) regulation. There’s a few ways to read regulation: …

2023-05-19#blockchain

What is money, and how is Bitcoin/tokens different?

How well do you kow what money is? We will explore a few intuitive things that money is, break them down, and then see how Bitcoin and tokens on blockchain are so much different. …

2023-05-15#blockchain

Moon dust: auditable, versioned databases

Blockchain people have been to “the moon” and back down to Earth. We brought back moon dust. …

2023-04-23#blockchain

OpenSea cooperated transaction with SDN sanctioned entity

This article is a review of facts and is not an allegation of any crime. …

2023-04-11#nft

The future of Web3 is still custodial

And so was the past. A fairer title here would be “the future of digital-signature-based commerce (or ‘blockchain’) will still rely on custodians”. But we’re writing blog posts here, people, not dissertations! …

2023-03-13#blockchain

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FYI, some of my older blogs posts are hosted at privacy log (vulnerability disclosures) and Life but I am migrating them to here one by one.