cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/24940344

EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans. Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a telecommunications technician for AT&T, most of that in San Francisco. But he always had a strong sense of right and wrong and a commitment to privacy. Mark not only saw how it works, he had the documents to prove it. When the New York Times reported in late 2005 that the NSA was engaging in spying inside the U.S., Mark realized that he had witnessed how it was happening. He also realized that the President was not telling Americans the truth about the program. And, though newly retired, he knew that he had to do something. He showed up at EFF’s front door in early 2006 with a simple question: “Do you folks care about privacy?”  We did. And what Mark told us changed everything. Through his work, Mark had learned that the National Security Agency (NSA) had installed a secret, secure room at AT&T’s central office in San Francisco, called Room 641A. Mark was assigned to connect circuits carrying Internet data to optical “splitters” that sat just outside of the secret NSA room but were hardwired into it. Those splitters—as well as similar ones in cities around the U.S.—made a copy of all data going through those circuits and delivered it into the secret room.

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/24675194

I think I’ll use this for custom setups for non-techies.

I think I’ll use this for custom setups for non-techies.

I’m attempting to build a delay pedal that does only one thing: when you stomp the button, it plays back 30 seconds of high quality audio from 30 seconds ago.

I think it would need to be continuously overwriting some type of eeprom array. Does anyone have any advice?

I bought a few Teensy audio shields to try and prototype it. But I obviously need to understand how to achieve such a continuous rewrite on EEPROM or some other form of quick rewrite memory.

If someone could guide me to the right information, I’d be most grateful.

Semi related to the previous post

The Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with Anora scooping the most honours, while Conclave, The Brutalist, Wicked and Emilia Pérez also took prizes.

Here is the full list of winners without bullshit ads.

Best picture

• WINNER: Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best actress

• WINNER: Mikey Madison - Anora
• Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
• Demi Moore - The Substance
• Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Best actor

• WINNER: Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
• Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best supporting actress

• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez
• Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
• Ariana Grande - Wicked
• Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

Best supporting actor

• WINNER: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
• Yura Borisov - Anora
• Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Best director

• WINNER: Sean Baker - Anora
• Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
• Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
• Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
• James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

Best international feature

• WINNER: I'm Still Here - Brazil 
• The Girl with the Needle - Denmark 
• Emilia Pérez - France
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
• Flow - Latvia

Best animated feature

• WINNER: Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

Best original screenplay

• WINNER: Anora - Sean Baker
• The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
• The Substance - Coralie Fargeat

Best adapted screenplay

• WINNER: Conclave - Peter Straughan
• A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold
• Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
• Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best original song

• WINNER: El Mal - Emilia Pérez
• Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late
• Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez
• Like A Bird - Sing Sing
• The Journey - The Six Triple Eight

Best original score

• WINNER: The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best documentary feature

• WINNER: No Other Land
• Black Box Diaries
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
• Sugarcane

Best costume design

• WINNER: Wicked
• Nosferatu
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II

Best make-up and hairstyling

• WINNER: The Substance
• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best production design

• WINNER: Wicked
• The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Conclave

Best sound

• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• A Complete Unknown
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best film editing

• WINNER: Anora
• The Brutalist 
• Conclave 
• Emilia Pérez 
• Wicked

Best cinematography

• WINNER: The Brutalist
• Dune: Part Two 
• Emilia Pérez
• Maria
• Nosferatu 

Best visual effects

• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

Best live action short

• WINNER: I'm Not a Robot
• Anuja
• The Last Ranger
• A Lien
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best animated short

• WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Beautiful Men
• Magic Candies
• Wander to Wonder
• Yuck!

Best documentary short

• WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra 
• Death by Numbers
• I Am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart

In this video I restore a Rare Swedish Military Watch from Lemania, a now-defunct Swiss watch manufacturer. This model was exclusively sold to the Swedish military during the 1950s, named "Tg 195" (which isn't truely known what it stands for) and it has a very special stop/reset and start function. While rare worldwide, it is slightly more common in Sweden due to its original distribution.

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Detailed restoration:

I purchased this watch at an auction at a great discount since several parts were missing, preventing it from functioning properly. Additionally, I didn’t verify with the auction house whether the watch was working—I got caught up in the bidding frenzy! 😆 Tasks in This Project

*Disassembly & Inspection The first step was to take the watch apart and inspect all the components. I needed to be careful as there was high radioactive radiation emitting from the watch dial and its hands. Something not shown in the video was an issue with the case back—it couldn’t be screwed down properly. Upon closer examination, I noticed some thread damage on the case, though it wasn’t too severe. Further measurements revealed that the case back was slightly elliptical, likely bent many years ago. I carefully bent it back to improve the fit.

*Cleaning the Watch Parts I cleaned all the components using my DIY watch cleaning machine, except for the balance wheel and pallet fork, which I manually cleaned in naphtha before running the machine.

*Sourcing the Missing Parts Since many parts were missing, I had to go on a hunt. Surprisingly, I quickly found a seller with some remaining stock, allowing me to order almost everything I needed—very lucky! However, one screw was unavailable, meaning I had to manufacture it myself.

*Manufacturing a Custom Screw To make the missing screw, I used my 100-year-old manually operated Lorch lathe, which I bought at an auction. Interestingly, both the lathe and the hand-driven wheel are from the same brand—Lorch—making them a perfect match! One major challenge was that the screw had an unusual diameter of 1.15 mm. Standard thread dies only come in 1.10 mm or 1.20 mm, so I had to experiment to achieve the correct threading. Through multiple tests, I managed to cut the thread successfully by aiming for around 1.16 mm in diameter, as anything below 1.15 mm wouldn’t grip properly.

*Restoring the Watch Crystal & Hands I polished the acrylic crystal using 240- and 400-grit sandpaper, followed by Polywatch and green Dialux polish paste (not shown in the video). I wanted to keep the old crystal which has its character. Next, I removed the old, cracked lume from the hour, minute, and seconds hands. I then repainted them in a color that closely matches the original lume.

*Reassembly & Final Adjustments Once the watch was fully assembled, I checked its performance. The results were great—around 270° amplitude, with stable performance in both horizontal and vertical positions. This suggests the watch will keep time well when worn. One small issue remained: the second hand wasn’t perfectly aligned at 12 o’clock when resetting via the button on the case. The reset mechanism doesn’t provide a firm grip, making precise positioning random. Rather than risk breaking the delicate second hand by reopening the watch, I decided to leave it as is.

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Some of the watch parts were pre-cleaned and then cleaned in my DIYwatchcleaner: / @diywatchcleaner

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This is not a tutorial video, I’m just a hobbyist and might do things incorrectly.

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• Filmen - Krigsmakten 1967

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I worked with Darius Khondji once; it was undoubtedly one of the highlights of my career. He was an absolute gentleman.

I got to chat with him after work one day when we wrapped early in Newport. I will never forget what I said to him at a dockside Newport bar (which he quickly and humbly dismissed):

“Mr. Khondji. It is an honor to meet you. Se7en is a photochemical masterpiece.”

It really bums me out that this YouTube channel credited Fincher with all of Darius’s amazing work.

I became a filmmaker because of Darius’s brilliant cinematography.