Francesco Pira

@pirafrank
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Human. Problem solver. I shape my own tools. Working as XR Tech Lead. Opinions (and typos) are mine. he/him
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New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Howdy,

This updates ships a few third party updates, assorted core fixes and
improvements of which Kea DDNS and options support may be the most
sought-after.

The captive portal IPv6 changes are ready for wider testing on the
development version and ove...

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=51402.0

OPNsense 26.1.5 released

OPNsense 26.1.5 released

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#GitHub bumps API version to 2026-03-10. Latest change was 4 years ago. Users have plenty of time to upgrade, 24 months from now. Omitting version, will continue to default to 2022-11-28 for the time period.

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-03-12-rest-api-version-2026-03-10-is-now-available/

#AWS reconsidering #AI generated code in production. Now requiring Sr. Eng. to sign-off AI generated code. That's technical debt written at the speed of tokens

Original post: https://infosec.exchange/@brian_greenberg/116216351061913801
From: @brian_greenberg
https://infosec.exchange/@brian_greenberg/116216351061913801

Brian Greenberg :verified: (@[email protected])

The honeymoon phase of AI-driven productivity is meeting the harsh reality of system stability. Amazon has officially updated its internal policies to require senior engineers to sign-off for any code changes assisted by generative AI. This move follows a series of significant service disruptionsโ€”referred to internally as "high blast radius" incidentsโ€”where AI-generated code led to major product outages. For a company that values speed and a "you build it, you run it" culture, this is a massive shift. It turns out that while AI can write code in seconds, the cost of an error at AWS scale can be measured in hours of downtime and millions in lost revenue. We are seeing a necessary correction: AI is a powerful assistant, but it cannot yet be trusted with the keys to the kingdom without a seasoned human expert verifying the logic. ๐Ÿง  Amazon now mandates senior review for all AI-assisted code deployments. โšก The policy change follows a spike in high-priority Sev2 incidents. ๐ŸŽ“ Senior engineers must now act as the ultimate "bar raisers" for synthetic code. ๐Ÿ” This internal friction highlights the hidden costs of AI-driven development. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/after-outages-amazon-to-make-senior-engineers-sign-off-on-ai-assisted-changes/ #EngineeringManagement #CloudComputing #GenerativeAI #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity

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What AI Mass Surveillance Actually Looks Like? Not in the years, it's now. Data already being sold, AI models we know and use.

This is one person. A day in his life. No warrants.

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/8f42e48f-1b35-450d-8dda-2755c1614b08

AI Surveillance Demo: See Your Digital Footprint Exposed

Interactive visualization showing how AI systems can assemble a complete personal dossier from legal data sourcesโ€”no warrants required. Educational tool on mass surveillance risks.

Claude

New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hi,

This is basically a maintenance release in assorted areas, but also includes
a CVE for the GUI for missing POST checks in the API.  We thank everyone
for reporting issues and testing the fixes with us to allow for easy and fast
releases such as thi...

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=51239.0

OPNsense 26.1.4 released

OPNsense 26.1.4 released

OPNsense Forum

GitHub downtimes have risen in the latest years

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/s/bBNFQjztYG

New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hi and hello,

This update finally brings in Python 3.13 after the struggle we had with
3.11 and missing security patches.  A number of things were fixed for the
new rules GUI as well as assorted minor things in all areas of the code
base.  Two FreeBSD ...

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=51145.0

OPNsense 26.1.3 released

OPNsense 26.1.3 released

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A bit of #Rust to speed up #Python API code! With FastAPI 0.131.0, if you declare the response model return type, Pydantic handles the JSON serialization in Rust.

https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/custom-response/#json-performance

A thread of cool things found exploring #Firefox Developer Tools
From: @blinry
https://chaos.social/@blinry/116075137005517499
blinry (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Here's a thread of cool things I found exploring the #Firefox Developer Tools! First, a really convenient thing: You can "pop out" the Toolbox into a separate window! To do this, open the Toolbox (using F12), click on the ellipsis menu on the right, and select "Separate Window". I like this much better than the default "docked" modes, especially when using a scrolling window manager like #niri! #webdev #devtools

chaos.social

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Whay it matters? What's new?

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