In March 2015, it became publicly known that Hillary Clinton, during her tenure as United States Secretary of State, had used her family’s private email server for official communications, rather than official State Department email accounts maintained on federal servers. So – Let’s talk a little bit about Clinton’s emailgate. Read More →
I needed some art work for a current project – so I decided to give fiverr a try. And – of course – every new website is looked at with the eye of an IT security professional. I am no longer a fiverr member. Why? Read More →
Here’s the situation: The San Bernardino shooter was in possession of an iPhone. It is locked and will delete all of its content after 10 unsuccessful tries. The government went to Apple and asked for help unlocking the phone. The only way that this is supposed to be possible is a special knit update for this particular phone would allow the government an unlimited number of tries to get the phone unlocked. Read More →
I stumbled over a “diet pill” today which is being marketed not only on Facebook, but also .. well .. pretty much everywhere on the Internet. So .. I looked it up. And sure enough, it is available on Amazon – with really, really high ratings. Read More →
MPD is a cool server that is able to play DSD files for a while now. But it’s a bit of overkill for those of us who don’t want a complex sound server just to send a DSD /DSF files to an USB DAC. Here’s how you can play those files with ffmpeg and some glue 🙂 Read More →
Like Apple’s SIRI or Google’s voice activated assistant? Well, you can have a system like that on your PC – even on your Raspberry PI. The basis for all is voice recognition . Read More →
The Raspberry PI is a cute little machine. It’s easy to do a lot of useful things with it. And it’s easier than you might think. Read More →
I have been working with and for Linux since version 0.94. In other words: I am not 20 anymore. Back in the old days, I ran around trying to convince companies to port software or to use Linux, I wrote device drivers, applications, fixed bugs and had it in production environments serving hundred thousands of users. But the current operating system is not longer Linux. It’s Winux. And I hate it. Read More →
Javascript is growing strong. It’s the universal language for online development. It allows anything – from file access to content modification, even video- and audio chats are now scriptable. But what about security? A new mechanism guarantees safe script even on corrupted servers. Read More →
The Waveshare touchscreen shield is a nice extension for a Raspberry PI. It’s cheap and it converts your little Raspberry into a small, self contained device. I got one from Ebay, it costs about US$ 30 and it comes with a case and heat sinks. Not a bad deal. Read More →