barsteward

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The world’s on fire, so let’s grab some marshmallows and not take everything so seriously. #UK based, working in hardware security hacking. Into #Infosec, #Standup #Comedy, and bad puns.

Mainly over on @barsteward.bsky.social
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barstewardFeb 26
Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭Feb 26

A tale in 3 pictures. In which our hero wonders if he can and doesn't stop to ask if he should.

#c #programming

barstewardFeb 25
Joseph CoxFeb 25

A planned change to Amazon means that if people buy items on your wishlist, it could expose your address. Definitely a threat to people who have public wishlists.

https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-third-party/

Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address

Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

404 Media
barstewardFeb 25
hackadayFeb 25

Restoring a Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer

https://hackaday.com/2026/02/25/restoring-a-yamaha-dx7-synthesizer/

Restoring A Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer

The Yamaha DX7 is one of the most iconic synthesizers that emerged in the early 1980s, and is still very popular today. That said, with even the newest of these having left the factory back in 1989…

Hackaday
barstewardFeb 25
hackadayFeb 24

A TV Transmitter From An STM32

https://hackaday.com/2026/02/24/a-tv-transmitter-from-an-stm32/

A TV Transmitter From An STM32

Analog TV may have shuffled off its mortal coil years ago, but there are still plenty of old CRT TV sets around that could receive it. [Kris Slyka] has just such a device, and decided to feed it so…

Hackaday
barstewardFeb 25
Matilda LoveFeb 24
after the year of the horse we look forward to the year of the battery, then year of the staple, then back round to year of the correct
Show threadbarstewardFeb 23
@neil Looks like it was my lack of understanding of the security guarantees between nodes within tor. Sorry about that. At least I learned something new today, thanks!
Show threadbarstewardFeb 23
@revk @neil I meant the final one which makes the request to the destination address, so the penultimate one I guess.
barstewardFeb 23
@neil Maybe I need to check my understanding of tor routing!
barstewardFeb 23
@neil You’re correct; my bad choice of description there - but doesn’t the same apply to the final node (whether or not it exits the tor network)?
barstewardFeb 23
@neil From a technical perspective, someone running a tor exit node could spoof the destination website, so a TLS certificate allows detection of this. Having said that, I can’t imagine there’s significant demand for a tor site in the first place.