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Telegram secret chat geolocation leak
UPD: I've just received confirmation from Telegram, that a patched version was released a few hours ago. Here is the patch on github....
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The most popular blog posts about networking & internet on Hacker News. 1,406 posts.
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NextNav's Callous Land-Grab to Privatize 900 MHz
The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now at risk due to NextNav’s brazen attempt to privatize this shared resource. Left by the FCC for use by amateur radio operators, unlicensed consumer devices, and industrial, scientific, and medical equipment, this spectrum has...
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How we moved to Google Cloud using Consul and ZeroTier with zero downtime
Our old hosting provider was having network issues... again. There had been a network split around 3:20 AM, which had caused a few of our worker servers to become disconnected from the rest of our network. The background jobs on those workers kept trying to reach our other services until their timeout was reached, and…
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Vulnerabilities show why STARTTLS should be avoided if possible (2021)
Guest Post: Study finds more than 40 STARTTLS-related security flaws in many different software products, both client-side and server-side.
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Update to Microsoft Takedown – Domains Fully Restored
We would like to give you an update on the Microsoft takedown and announce that ALL of the 23 domains that were seized are now back in our control.
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Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security
A thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently emerged, thanks to painstaking work by UW-Madison researchers and their collaborators.
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The real reason for large DDoS attacks? It's IP Spoofing, not memcached
A week ago we published a story about new amplification attacks using memcached protocol on UDP port 11211. A few things happened since then: Github announced it was a target of 1.3Tbps memcached attack. OVH and Arbor reported similar large attacks with the peak reported at 1.7Tbps.
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Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic
Tor is upgrading its relay encryption algorithm for improved security. In upcoming releases, Arti and Tor will both support a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). CGO prevents attackers from tampering with encrypted traffic, adds forward secrecy, and brings Tor's encryption up to modern…
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An investigation into Apple’s new Relay network
Guest Post: Analysing Apple Private Relay’s effects on the Internet and future measurement-based research.
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5G Network end-to-end demonstration by Ericsson
Ericsson Newsroom features news, blogs and information related to 5G and next-gen technology leadership.
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New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight
Researchers have developed a ‘negative luminescence’ system to create an innovative way of sending hidden information.
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Quad9 DOH HTTP/1.1 Retirement, December 15, 2025
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
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Why does MPEG Transport Stream still exist?
MPEG-TS is still used extensively, even in “modern” transport mechanisms such as SRT, RIST and Zixi. Why though?
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The harmful consequences of the robustness principle
The robustness principle, often phrased as "be conservative in what you send, and liberal in what you accept", has long guided the design and implementation of Internet protocols. The posture this statement advocates promotes interoperability in the short term, but can negatively affect the protocol ecosystem over…
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EU Regulator: Proposal to force websites to pay telcos puts Internet at risk
Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them. The report comes after European Commission
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US Senators implore Department of Defense to expand the use of Matrix
Senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt push the Defense Department to expand the use of Matrix to deliver sovereign, end-to-end encrypted and interoperable communications.
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Fixing an old hack – why we are bumping the IPv6 MTU
Back in 2015 we deployed ECMP routing - Equal Cost Multi Path - within our datacenters. This technology allowed us to spread traffic heading to a single IP address across multiple physical servers.
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Chat-tails: Throwback terminal chat, built on Tailscale
Brian Scott made an app that's safe, simple, and educational for kids to chat in, using Tailscale's tsnet and connectivity.
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Sending Data over Offline Finding Networks
The following is a summary of an internal research project conducted by Hudson H. and Andrew G.
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WhatsApp will become interoperable with other messaging apps in Europe
WhatsApp users in Europe will soon have the possibility to message users of other services.
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DNS4EU for Public Is Available
The free DNS4EU resolver, for everyone in Europe. Get the addresses, set it up in minutes, and block malware and phishing with no tracking.
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Wi-Fi and LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum Bands
by Nihar Jindal, Hardware Engineer, Access & Energy In the 20 years since the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) first made spectr...
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What is DECT-2020 New Radio (NR), and how big a deal is it? (2021)
Is it fair to describe DECT-2020 NR as a 5G wireless technology at all?
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HPACK: the silent killer (feature) of HTTP/2
If you have experienced HTTP/2 for yourself, you are probably aware of the visible performance gains possible with HTTP/2 due to features like stream multiplexing, explicit stream dependencies, and Server Push.