CEO Impersonation FraudCEO Impersonation Fraud
In discussion about my post on banks and phones [1] questions were asked about CEO impersonation (link to an article on the security blog Krebs on Security about it) [2].[...]
Banks and PhonesBanks and Phones
The Problem For years there have been ongoing issues with SMS being used as a security mechanism for important things including financial services. The problem with this is that access[...]
Cixin Liu is a Bad PersonCixin Liu is a Bad Person
The Chinese author Cixin Liu [1] is most known for his book The Three Body Problem and it’s sequels. One of the main plot elements in the book is that[...]
Don’t Anthromorphise LLMsDon’t Anthromorphise LLMs
Greg KH gave a great lecture for Kernel Recipies 2026 about the use of LLMs to find and fix bugs in kernel code [1]. I recommend that everyone watch this[...]
en-html.org is a Scam Siteen-html.org is a Scam Site
Currently a scam group is sending out email to the administrators of web sites that link to a variety of dead domains. They claim to be the legitimate operators of[...]
A Power Case for a FOSS PhoneA Power Case for a FOSS Phone
The Problem I want to use a FOSS phone running Debian as my daily driver and not use a non-free OS on my phone. GrapheneOS [1] is a FOSS rebuild[...]
Kdeconnect DBUSKdeconnect DBUS
I’ve tested the DBUS interfaces for Kdeconnect (the system for connecting a KDE desktop to a phone or another computer). Unlike most DBUS interfaces it has a significant tree of[...]
Links September 2026Links September 2026
Bjorn Stahl of the Arcan project wrote an insightful blog post The Day of a new Command-Line Interface: Shell [1]. He does a really good job of identifying problems and[...]
Nheko DBUSNheko DBUS
Nheko is my current favourite client for the Matrix IM system, which is my favourite IM system. Matrix is an open system with end to end encryption and Nheko is[...]
CoMapsCoMaps
I have just tried CoMaps, a free mapping program released under the Apache license [1]. I have tried it on Android on a Pixel 6a but it also runs on[...]