This is the #4Corners program that revealed the #Bluetooth vulnerability of #Axon policing products (#Taser and #BodyCams). Aside from the taser-caused death allegations and the vigorous means by which the Axon company defends their products, I am also concerned about the bodycams our armed forces wear on deployments. Are they also #hackable?

Watching S2026 Taser Tactics in iview
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2026/video/NC2603H012S00

#NSWPolice #DeathInCustody #TasingDeaths #Secrecy

Four Corners: S2026 Taser Tactics

Tasers are meant to be a safer way for police to stop dangerous situations, without taking a life. But people are still dying. When something goes wrong after a taser is used, who decides what actually happened?

ABC iview
My latest blog post is about the semi-viral minimalist eInk reader X4. I don't like to re-hash what the more formal reviews are doing, so I've also talked about what about it appeals to me and showed off the custom case I made for it:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/04/11/xteink-x4-minimaist-e-reader-review-diy-case/

#blog #blogger #blogging #reviews #hardware #eink #ereader #booknerd #digitalminimalism #enshittification #hackable #openhardware
XTEInk X4 Minimaist e-Reader Review + DIY Case – The Frugal Blog

J'ai enfin trouvé le dernier #hackable, avec l'article de @Lefinnois sur le #digilab!
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(Wishlist)

Add an #hackable auto-conf auto-discover self-healing variable speed powered serial peer-to-peer/daisy-chained wired networking bus

Add support for wired & wireless mesh-networking with wired & nearby wireless peers and secure relaying (#Reticulum)

Make it hackable, figure-out-able, very robust, very resilient, nearly indestructible, extremely tolerant to abuse, extendable…

Write a #SchemeOS

Write a #SelfOS

Port #9Front

Port #NetBSD
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#Scheme #SelfLanguage #Plan9

@Hierarchy No, it's a [R36S](https://handhelds.wiki/R36S_Handheld_Wiki) from #Ali, bought for #ComputerFu teaching kids: It's a really fun #hackable #macgyver-able handheld that comes #foss out-of-the-box.

Solder in a 2€ chip and you got #wifi and #ssh.

My daughter looooves it! #KirbyRocks

R36S Handheld Wiki

Detailed firmware guides, troubleshooting, compatibility lists, modding tutorials and more for the R36S handheld game console

Handhelds Wiki
A #hackable #kde desktop ( #plasma widgets) and a #llm #vibecoding flow perfectly complement each other

And, of course, if it's still #hackable. The original #KRONOS (introduced in 2011) is basically an off-the-shelf Mini-ITX PC running #Linux with realtime extensions and an audio, MIDI and display interface attached via USB. #KORG used various techniques to make sure, that only their OS can run on the device, including file system hashes and a cryptographic handshake disguised as CD-ROM driver.

All this as been reverse engineered by a certain #kronoshacker who also found a way to root the device and install a custom kernel which in turn enabled him to replace the main board and install a more powerful CPU.

And yes: KORG is clearly violating the #GPL here.

https://kronoshacker.blogspot.com/

kronoshacker

programming <strike>a synthesizer</strike> random things

I'm now the owner of a @trmnl, a 7.5'' e-ink display that you can hack. It has a ton of on the shelf plugins (https://usetrmnl.com/integrations), the doc is awesome (https://docs.usetrmnl.com) and everything is open source (https://github.com/usetrmnl)–including the firmware and the server–but one can just enjoy their hassle-free cloud and get started. Can't wait to play with it!
#TRMNL #eink #opensource #hackable #usetrmnl

Just got another app accepted on #Tidbyt. It lets you see the flavor of the day at your local Culver's.

(Come to think of it, this is my third #Tidbyt app that tells you about frozen custard flavors. I might just be craving. 😅)

#internetofthings #iot #hackable #programming #api #frozencustard #culvers

Hi! I'd like recommendations for a secondhand exploitable e-ink e-reader, something akin to the 2016 Kobo Aura ONE. I want to be able to sideload apps like KOreader and Plato and access the filesystem like any other removable storage.

Please retoot!

#eink #ereader #hackable #linux #foss