Monero Security Vulnerabilities
An interesting critique of Monero, and he references which has some ways it has been tracked in prosecutions. Personally I like Monero, and its super easy to run your own node which takes away one of the biggest ways…
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Google to Verify All Android Devs to Protect Users From Malware, Including Sideloaded Apps
Big Tech platforms, including Apple and Microsoft, are working to make sure any software run on your devices was approved by them, and they know who the developer is. And there is probably a fee to be a verified developer.…
FreePBX Servers Hacked via Zero-Day, Emergency Fix Released
First, it’s bad security practice to have the ACP accessible directly on the internet. And if you were to do it, lock it down to an IP address the administrator would use via the firewall. It’s just better to VPN…
YouTube Secretly Alters Videos Using AI Without Creator Consent
What’s the play? Is it to make real videos look like AI so you can’t tell the difference as easily, so they can foist more AI content on you? Maybe we’ll see more creators move to Rumble and break up…
Bitcoin Core’s Marxist Subversion?
An interesting overview of a person’s X posts about Bitcoin Core and Marxist Subversion.
How Should We Pick Bitcoin Core Devs?
This is a good presentation, and there is no escaping that something weird is going on with the Bitcoin Core developers. Consequently, since switching to Bitcoin Knots which filters spam transactions from the mempool, my Bitcoin node traffic is down…
Docker Desktop Bug Let Containers Hop the Fence With Barely a Nudge
Good to not be using Docker Desktop and running Docker on Linux. Consequently, this blog is on a server in Docker along with my NGINX Proxy Manager, SearxNG and Whoogle privacy search proxies. With Docker you can do everything through…
Dish Gives up on Becoming the Fourth Major Wireless Carrier
It was an interesting deal with Boost Mobile trying to have their own towers and become their own carrier verses being the MVNO I had originally signed up with. I do a basic prepay acount where I prepay for three…
Bitcoin, Monero, and 51% Attacks
These are well done and succinct videos to understand the 51% attack on a proof of work blockchain like Bitcoin and Monero. And we’ve seen an attempted 51% attack on Monero, but more than likely they never got to 51%.…
Is Bitcoin Being Slowly Sabotaged?
This is a solid presentation, and he got me to laugh out loud with the “COVID logic” comment. But we’re seeing these attacks happening, and it’s all to keep Bitcoin and its layer 2 payment solutions from getting mass adoption,…
DOJ Says It Will No Longer Prosecute Developers For Writing Code
In this time of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF’s, with these technologies being brought into the TradFi system, the bankers and the governments they control are still not friends. And to think so is a trap. And it’s incredibly rich that…
Maintaining the SPIRIT [of Bitcoin]
This is a solid presentation by the Bitcoin Mechanic. It’s a high level overview of where Bitcoin came from and why, along with the “cultural rot” that is impacting it today. Consequently, the ability to run your own node and…