Netfuture: The future is networked

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Today, any device is networked, not only our personal devices, but anything from the fridge to the power plant. This implies endless possibilities, but also possibilities galore for anything to go wrong. Decades of thorough theoretical and hands-on experience enables me to guide you toward the right solution for anything networked. Learn more…

Recent technical essays

50 years of microprocessor trend data2024-10-13
I recently wrote a (German) article including this graphic (in German). Here is an English version of it. Have fun!
Compact Archive for WordPress2024-07-27
The default WordPress «Archive» block becomes very long and narrow, when months accumulate. Here is an easy way to make it more compact.
DEFCON Voting Village 23 Panel2024-02-12
There was a DEFCON Voting Village panel «If I can shop online, why can’t I vote online?» which I found extremely important to read or listen to. Not just for me, in fact, for anyone talking about electronic voting. Here… Read more: DEFCON Voting Village 23 Panel
Counting like a computer2024-01-27
Computers are very good at counting. But usually only within narrow limits. Here is an insight into where these limits come from and what goes wrong when they are exceeded.
SMTP Smuggling Status2023-12-26
«SMTP Smuggling» is a vulnerability that allows to circumvent some mail checks at the receiver and therefore will allow additional spam and/or phishing messages through. Here is the list of what we currently know.
The year in review2023-12-23
This is the time to catch up on what you missed during the year. For some, it is meeting the family. For others, doing snowsports. For even others, it is cuddling up and reading. This is an article for the… Read more: The year in review
Kensington PowerPointer for Linux LibreOffice2023-11-11
Navigating the slides works perfectly with the Kensington PowerPointer for LibreOffice under Linux, no questions asked. The extra functions (“laserpointing”, drawing, and screen blanking) are not well supported. Here is how to fix them.
NFTs are unethical2023-07-18
As an avid reader, you know my arguments that neither NFT nor smart contracts live up to their promises, and that the blockchain underneath is also more fragile and has a worse cost-benefit ratio than most believe. Similarly, I also… Read more: NFTs are unethical