Mastodawn

🌟 Project Release Announcement Time! 🎉

I wrote a WebUSB extension for Firefox.

This lets web pages access USB devices (with your permission). This has long been supported by Chrome, but Mozilla has not wanted it, at least by default. Fortunately, because add-ons are a thing (for now. make sure to keep fighting for this!), it's possible to change that!

Common reasons for wanting this include programming microcontrollers, 3d-printers, smartphone bootloaders, and similar "physical computing" projects.

This works on Windows, Linux, and macOS

You can get the source code here: https://github.com/ArcaneNibble/awawausb

In order to make this work, you will need to install a small program on your computer. This is explained in the README. You can then install the .xpi file (on the GitHub Releases page) into your browser (which was _just_ auto-approved while I was typing this announcement up).

Please boost (if you want), test, report bugs, etc. etc. (although do keep in mind that this code is entirely written by a single catgirl)

i think this is the perfect type of project to drop late on a sunday / very early on a monday?

dan Apr 18

Andy Greenberg Apr 17

New book coming next year. Working title, THE GRAYSCALE: True Stories of Hackers, Outlaws and Rogues From the Digital Underground.

dan Apr 12

ACARS Drama Apr 12

Air to Ground Message:

THE STINK IS BACK..OLD GYM SOCKS IN THE DESCENT OUT OF 14000

Area: Blaine, MN, USA
Type: Boeing 737-800
A: #a935b919139
F: #fb9240ff22c

#acars #vdlm2

dan Apr 11

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Minnesota Spy Club Apr 11

The Welbike was designed to fit into a CLE canister, the standard parachute airdrop container 51 inches long, 15 inches high, & 12 inches wide. Some 3,641 Welbikes were manufactured and though developed by the Special Operations Executive were used more by airborne troops (including in Operation Market Garden) then they were used by SOE operatives. (2/2)

#WW2 #SOE #Airborne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLE_Canister

dan Apr 5

Alright hackers, where are we getting our black hoodies from these days?

Seriously, I’m on the hunt for high quality zip up hoodies.

dan Apr 3

https://danthesalmon.com/posts/til-about-redirection-in-bash/

Did some learning this week.

#bash #hackthebox

TIL About Redirection in Bash | Dan [the] Salmon

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dan Mar 30

It's kind of hard to see but the roofs retract when it starts getting dark in the evening, then you access your telescope over the internet, take all the nerdy pics of space you want overnight, and then the roof closes in the morning.

dan Mar 30

Man this is so cool - a company in the middle of nowhere Texas will rent you space to host your telescope so you can take pictures of space without light pollution.

https://starfront.space/