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Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)
How the Nintendo Switch uses irreversible hardware fuses to prevent firmware downgrades.
JonLuca De Caro
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Ryanair, Hamiltonian Cycles, and using graph theory to find cheap flights
Using graph theory and Ryanair route data to find cheap multi-city flight loops through Europe.
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Reversing Safeway's private APIs to automate coupon collection
Reverse-engineering Safeway's coupon APIs to automate adding digital offers to an account.
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Noticing when an app is only hosted in us-east-1
Using latency measurements to infer when a globally used application is served only from us-east-1.
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Compensation in 2019 – new grad tech offers
Analyzing compensation packages from 2019 new-graduate technology job offers.
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The Federalist Papers: Author Identification Through K-Means Clustering
Using K-means clustering on writing style to classify disputed Federalist Papers authorship.
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Flight stats, entertainment, and trying to crack Widevine
Investigating onboard flight entertainment APIs, flight telemetry, and Widevine-protected media.
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Getting a vanity phone number with four consecutive digits
Automating Verizon number searches to find rare phone numbers with repeating digits.
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Obfuscated JavaScript, scam emails, and American Express
Reverse-engineering an obfuscated American Express phishing campaign from email to exfiltration endpoint.