MIT student Mustafa Doga Dogan has developed a way to embed invisible labels in 3D printed objects. The labels, such as QR codes, can be viewed using Infrared to track objects but are invisible to the eye.
Luke Berndt created a system to automatically photograph planes that fly over his house in Washington D.C. The skybot system uses the transponder of the aircraft to info the camera where in the sky to point at to take the photo. The camera moves and photographs until the plane is out of range or a new plane is in range. A machine learning custom vision cloud function then confirms that a plane is present in each photo and posts the best one to the Skybot website along with its identification detail from the FAA database..
The Verge published a fascinating article about how hacker Joe Grand figured out how he hacked a Trezor cryptocurrency hardware wallet. He managed extract the PIN from the wallet (which was running older firmware) after the wallet's owners forgot the pin but wanted to cash out when alt coins they owner appreciated in value to over $2 million.
Check out this great story on Wired about 22 year old Sam Zeloof who is building silicon chips in his garage using designs and equipment from the 70s, 80s & 90s.
Google pushed an update to some phones running Android 12 to allow 2G to be disabled by the user. This is significant because cell site simulators used by police in the U.S. can impersonate cell towers and force a phone to downgrade to a 2G connection. This then allows the cell site simulator to crack the weaker 2G encryption in real time and snoop on any phones connected to it.
An FOIA request has revealed a report from the FBI on the different types of data that can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps by U.S. law enforcement.
Sensor-js.xyz published a review of all the main javascript libraries and scripts used by websites and domains that access the sensors in your smartphone. These sensors, such as motion, orientation and light sensors, are used by for different reasons like real human detection, or display customisation.
