Iain

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Iain

Nov 5

Ubuntu 24.04 gets kernel fixes two months after Debian

#security #linux #ubuntu #debian

5 min read

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Iain

Nov 5

Can the server you SSH into read your screen?

#security #privacy #ssh #windows

3 min read

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Nov 3

Wikipedia dropped this UUID in 2014. Now it's everywhere

#ai #opensource #security #uuid

4 min read

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Nov 2

Whoever takes your old GitHub name gets your MCP namespace

#ai #security #github #mcp

3 min read

Iain

Nov 1

VS Code remembers the commands you hid with a space

#security #privacy #vscode #bash

4 min read

Iain

Oct 31

Your local model can't phone home. Your chat UI can

#ai #security #llm #privacy

6 min read

Iain

Oct 30

That tmux clipboard tip lets servers read your last copy

#security #privacy #tmux #ssh

5 min read

Iain

Oct 29

Pinning your embedding model doesn't pin its code

#ai #python #security #huggingface

6 min read

Iain

Oct 28

GitHub keeps the GPS in photos you attach to issues

#opensource #security #github #privacy

5 min read

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Oct 28

Why AI keeps getting smarter

#ai #machinelearning #llm

10 min read

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Oct 27

Home Assistant's cloud drop is mostly one version check

#opensource #privacy #iot #homeassistant

5 min read

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Oct 26

Unless your package is huge, your advisory waits

#python #opensource #security #github

6 min read

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Oct 25

Your cached MCP server still asks npm first

#ai #javascript #python #mcp

4 min read

Iain

Oct 24

Pillow will open your avatar.png as a Photoshop file

#python #security #django #pillow

5 min read

Iain

Oct 23

PHP says to count form parts at the proxy. It can't

#security #php #nginx #selfhosting

6 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Pickle-only uploads to Hugging Face doubled since 2024

#ai #security #huggingface #pytorch

5 min read

Iain

Oct 23

One domain seller is 6% of the HSTS preload list

#security #web #hsts #browsers

5 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Most sites that block curl only check its name

#security #web #curl #scraping

5 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Skip the system prompt and the template writes one

#ai #opensource #llm #selfhosting

6 min read

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Oct 23

37 of the top 50 self-hosted apps can go closed

#opensource #selfhosting #licensing

6 min read

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Oct 23

Most big Firefox add-ons still don't say what they collect

#privacy #firefox #browserextensions #mozilla

6 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Dependabot's now a month late on Python and Go CVEs

#python #security #github #go

6 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Your money input probably thinks 5,04 is 504

#javascript #i18n #forms #chrome

4 min read

Iain

Oct 23

New Python packages picked hatchling, not uv_build

#ai #python #pypi #uv

5 min read

Iain

Oct 23

Your GitHub cron is 20 minutes late, or six hours

#opensource #githubactions #cron

4 min read

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Ubuntu 24.04 gets kernel fixes two months after Debian

Want to connect with Iain?

Can the server you SSH into read your screen?

Wikipedia dropped this UUID in 2014. Now it's everywhere

Whoever takes your old GitHub name gets your MCP namespace

VS Code remembers the commands you hid with a space

Your local model can't phone home. Your chat UI can

That tmux clipboard tip lets servers read your last copy

Pinning your embedding model doesn't pin its code

GitHub keeps the GPS in photos you attach to issues

Why AI keeps getting smarter

Home Assistant's cloud drop is mostly one version check

Unless your package is huge, your advisory waits

Your cached MCP server still asks npm first

Pillow will open your avatar.png as a Photoshop file

PHP says to count form parts at the proxy. It can't

Pickle-only uploads to Hugging Face doubled since 2024

One domain seller is 6% of the HSTS preload list

Most sites that block curl only check its name

Skip the system prompt and the template writes one

37 of the top 50 self-hosted apps can go closed

Most big Firefox add-ons still don't say what they collect

Dependabot's now a month late on Python and Go CVEs

Your money input probably thinks 5,04 is 504

New Python packages picked hatchling, not uv_build

Your GitHub cron is 20 minutes late, or six hours