Readers demanded to know where MeshCore fits into the off-grid landscape. It fixes RF congestion by forcing your radios into strict hierarchies. Here is why role-based routing is a brilliant band-aid but a severe regression for peer-to-peer sovereignty
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26
Apr
April 26: A 40-Year Anniversary of Meltdowns
April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Pripyat disaster. It also marks the detonation date of the most destructive virus of the 90s: the CIH space-filler
24
Apr
Linux Snippets #5: Recovering “Deleted” Files from the Void
Accidentally ran rm on a massive log file or a database while a process was still writing to it? Before you panic, learn how to use lsof to find the ‘ghost’ file in the /proc filesystem and snatch your data back.
23
Apr
Linux Snippets #4: The Zero-Storage Network Clone
Stop filling up your disk with temporary zip files. Here is how to stream a directory directly from one server to another using tar and SSH in a single pipeline.
22
Apr
Github is watching you
github has a nice and easy cli tool to use, but if you thought that it would let you keep your privacy – think again!
21
Apr
Break through the wall
Discover a nerdy AI-generated song (sorry) about breaking firewalls and setting data free, transformed from quirky Danish lyrics into surprisingly catchy music.
20
Apr
Meshtastic vs Reticulum: Why Reticulum Wins for Scalable Sovereign LoRa Networks
Meshtastic is currently dominating the off-grid communication hype cycle. But when we look under the hood at its managed flooding architecture and symmetric cryptography, does it actually hold up as a foundation for sovereign infrastructure? Here is a deep dive into why I am shifting my focus to the Reticulum Network Stack.
10
Apr
Linux Snippets #3: The Instant SSH SOCKS Proxy
Skip the heavy VPN clients. Here is how to turn any remote Linux server into an encrypted SOCKS5 proxy with a single SSH command to bypass hostile local networks
06
Apr
The Cryptographic Zombie: How Keybase Went from Privacy Darling to Zoom’s Cleanup Crew
Once the ultimate geek flex for cypherpunks, Keybase promised to make PGP cryptography accessible to mere mortals. Today, it hovers in the digital ether as a “zombie” app. Here is the story of how a revolutionary open-source identity platform was cannibalized to become Zoom’s corporate cleanup crew.
05
Apr
Linux Snippets #2: Sanitizing Directory Metadata with ExifTool
Blindly uploading images to the web is a massive privacy leak. Here is how to use exiftool to recursively strip hidden GPS and hardware metadata from your staging directories before they ever leave your disk.