MitM’ing my STB (2016)

MitM’ing my STB (2016)

The easiest way to do this is to create an ethernet bridge between the provider and the STB and then capture the traffic. A better solution would be to create a man-in-the-middle between the STB and the provider which can modify the traffic and thus substitute some crappy channels with the paid channels. The built-in network adapter is connected to the provider and the USB adapter is connected to the STB.

Source: xakcop.com

MitM’ing my STB (IPTV with a set-top-box)

MitM’ing my STB (IPTV with a set-top-box)

The easiest way to do this is to create an ethernet bridge between the provider and the STB and then capture the traffic. A better solution would be to create a man-in-the-middle between the STB and the provider which can modify the traffic and thus substitute some crappy channels with the paid channels. The built-in network adapter is connected to the provider and the USB adapter is connected to the STB.

Source: xakcop.com

How the United States threatens our security

How the United States threatens our security

By order of the American government, Google must now end its Android support for Huawei. With the exception of open source products, Huawei will no longer receive updates or access to Google products such as Gmail, AppStore or Youtube for new devices. There is also a rumour that Huawei has already completed its own operating system in order to avoid the dominance of Google’s Android.

Source: www.kowabit.de

China’s new ‘social credit system’ is an dystopian nightmare

China’s new ‘social credit system’ is an dystopian nightmare

Welcome to life in China’s “Social Credit System,” where a low score can ruin your life in more ways than one. All of these actions, and many more, can cause your score to plummet, forcing citizens onto the most dreaded rung on China’s deadbeat caste system, the laolai. But an embarrassing ring tone, flight bans and slow trains are just the beginning of the dystopian nightmare that is now daily life in China for tens of millions of people.

Source: nypost.com

Depression-Gene Studies Were Built on Shaky Foundations

Depression-Gene Studies Were Built on Shaky Foundations

In 1996, a group of European researchers found that a certain gene, called SLC6A4, might influence a person’s risk of depression. In theory, anyone who had this particular gene variant could be at higher risk for depression, and that finding, they said, might help in diagnosing such disorders, assessing suicidal behavior, or even predicting a person’s response to antidepressants. Over two decades, this one gene inspired at least 450 research papers.

Source: www.theatlantic.com

Jumping Back and Forth

Jumping Back and Forth

The simplest control flow construct is an if statement with no else clause:

The VM evaluates the bytecode for the condition expression. When the condition is truthy, we pop it right before the code inside the then branch:

Otherwise, we pop it at the beginning of the else branch:

This little instruction here also means that every if statement has an implicit else branch even if the user didn’t write an else clause. All that remains it a little disassembler support:

These two instructions have a new format with a 16-bit operand, so we add a new utility function to disassemble them:

There we go, that’s one complete control flow construct.

Source: craftinginterpreters.com

Jumping Back and Forth · Crafting Interpreters

Jumping Back and Forth · Crafting Interpreters

The simplest control flow construct is an if statement with no else clause:

The VM evaluates the bytecode for the condition expression. When the condition is truthy, we pop it right before the code inside the then branch:

Otherwise, we pop it at the beginning of the else branch:

This little instruction here also means that every if statement has an implicit else branch even if the user didn’t write an else clause. All that remains it a little disassembler support:

These two instructions have a new format with a 16-bit operand, so we add a new utility function to disassemble them:

There we go, that’s one complete control flow construct.

Source: craftinginterpreters.com

Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again

Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again

But in my life, group chats — on Apple’s iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Messenger, or any number of other apps or platforms — aren’t simply additional modes of socialization, drawing on the IM conversation or the chat room. To me, the reorientation of Facebook around private groups feels less like the company “building the kind of future we want” and more like its attempt to force itself back into a social life I’d rescued from its feed. Orienting your social infrastructure around sharply circumscribed friend groups might help avoid the dreaded collapsing of social contexts that occurs on Facebook, but it can also reinforce cruel in-group/out-group dynamics.

Source: nymag.com

Breakfast is a relatively modern invention

Breakfast is a relatively modern invention

The Creation Of Cereal As A Healthy Alternative
Granula — Picture From The Dansville Historical SocietyAn abolitionist orator, preacher, and practitioner of alternative medicines would come up a solution to this dyspepsia. Dr. Kellogg would go on to create his own facility in Battle Creek Michigan with his own cereal. Original Breakfast Marketing Campaign October 1944 — Newspapers.comAccording to the Guardian, this is where the first mention of breakfast being the most important meal of the day came into existence.

Source: medium.com