Hello internet, I am actively looking for speaking opportunities in central Europe (e.g., a train-ride from Berlin) to talk about Web security, XSS, `innerHTML` and the Sanitizer API. Ideally to an audience of web developers, framework engineers and the like :)
InputPlumber: Lack of D-Bus Authorization and Input Verification allows UI Input Injection and Denial-of-Service (CVE-2025-66005, CVE-2025-14338)
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/09/inputplumber-lack-of-dbus-auth.html
If Andrew "bunnie" Huang didn't exist, I'd swear he was a character out of a(n extraordinarily technologically well-informed) cyberpunk novel. Every time I interact with this legendary hardware hacker, he blows my mind with some project or insight that permanently alters how I think about tech.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/#so-many-chips
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Now this is how you exit a "smart" tech business. Bose is open-sourcing the API for SmartTouch speakers, moving as much functionality as possible to an app, and extending support.
https://www.theverge.com/news/858501/bose-soundtouch-smart-speakers-open-source
The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
"My crime is that of curiosity."
Read it here: https://phrack.org/issues/7/3
Do Smart People Ever Say They’re Smart? (SmarterTools SmarterMail Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2025-52691) - watchTowr Labs https://labs.watchtowr.com/do-smart-people-ever-say-theyre-smart-smartertools-smartermail-pre-auth-rce-cve-2025-52691/
“The Conscience of a Hacker” by The Mentor is 40 years old today.
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