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Yesterdays #hack get: “80s tech to work with 2025 tech”

“Hack, hack, watch Jack hack”

I’ve got a stack of CDs I usually listen to in the car. Car is permanently broken. The replacement car has no CD player (#tape or #8track 🤣) so I’ll have do some tinkering.

* First get out an unused #SONY #BoomBox to play #CD s. 📻

* Second locate a #bluetooth transmitter. Check bluetooth standard is BT 5.0 compatible.

* Third, find USB-A to USB-C power for the XMitter

* Four, power supply for boombox, C6.

* Five find a 3.5mm AUX cable to connect to XMitter.

* Six and dodgiest, PAIR bluetooth from boombox XMitter to car.

Now I can run the car audio without #streaming #shite music 🔊, not have to mess around with BS phone issues. ☺️

#Audio / #sound / #RockMusic / #Music / #Media

It's a large #political action day in the US & the world - Have your mobile devices switched off or leave them at home to avoid being caught in dragnet #surveillance.

Keep them off for the complete journey - before and after. If you must use your mobile, be diligent in your efforts to protect yourself:

- Encrypt your device
- Have it pin-locked
- Disable #biometric logons
- Disable #Bluetooth
- Disable location services
- Carpool

#protest #50501 #handsoff #democracy #privacy #security

Der Trend geht zum #Zweitfahrrad – ich bin jetzt auch dabei. Zwei #Räder hab ich, jetzt müsste ich nur noch öfter drauf. Mal schauen, ob das was wird.

Hat jemand Tipps für gute #KnochenschallKopfhörer mit #Bluetooth? Ideal fürs #Radfahren – also #sicher, #bequem, mit brauchbarem #Akku.

Und wie sieht’s mit der Nutzung aus: Was sollte man beim #Fahren mit #Kopfhörern beachten? Praktische Hinweise und #Erfahrungen gerne her damit.

#Fahrrad #Mobilität #TechTipp #SicherheitImStraßenverkehr

heise+ | Smart Garden: Drei Pflanzensensoren für Home Assistant im Vergleich

Smarte Pflanzensensoren lassen sich in Home Assistant einbinden. Wir haben die drei beliebtesten verglichen und zeigen ihre Vor- und Nachteile.

heise.de/tests/Smart-Garden-Dr

heise onlineSmart Garden: Drei Pflanzensensoren für Home Assistant im Vergleich
More from Marvin Strathmann

Another Monday. Another edition of the Privacy Roundup featuring news items curated with end user #privacy and #security in mind.

This edition features:

- #Android Apps using #Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connection data to estimate and collect user location data
- #Apple Passwords app used insecure HTTP
- Video gamers beware: another game pulled from Steam for being #malware in disguise
- Free online converters adding malware to converted files
- Threat actors using #Reddit posts to push information stealing malware, primarily targeting #cryptocurrency traders/enthusiasts
- Data breaches at the largest US sperm bank and a large teacher union

… and more.

#privacymatters #databreach #cybersecurity #cybersecurity #infosec #gaming

avoidthehack.com/privacy-week1

Avoid the Hack (avoidthehack!)Privacy Roundup: Week 12 of Year 2025Week 12 of the Privacy Roundup includes news items covering Android apps using bluetooth and Wi-Fi to track user location, Apple Passwords using insecure HTTP, sensitive information compromised in hacks of a large teacher union and a sperm bank, threat actors using Reddit posts to push information stealing malware, and more!

Regular reminder - Participating in social #protest? Have your mobile devices switched off, in airplane mode or leave them at home to avoid being caught in dragnet #surveillance.

Keep them off on - the complete journey - before and after. If you must use your mobile, be diligent in your efforts to protect your #privacy:

- Encrypt your device
- Have it pin-locked
- Disable #biometric logons
- Disable #Bluetooth
- Disable location services

#Defend #America against #Tesla #MAGA #Trump

Week 11 of the #Privacy Roundup is out. Featuring:

- Data broker bragging about having personal information of billions of people
- How the ESP32 #Bluetooth backdoor isn't a backdoor
- North Korean government APTs spreading #malware on #Google play, #npm
- An ICE OSINT Tool that can monitor 200+ websites of a target
- #Apple patching an exploited zero-day in WebKit
- #Microsoft Patch Tuesday, 6 exploited zero-days

... and more, of course.

#privacymatters #cybersecurity #cve

avoidthehack.com/privacy-week1

Avoid the Hack (avoidthehack!)Privacy Roundup: Week 11 of Year 2025Week 11 of the Privacy Roundup. Features data brokers bragging about collecting personal information, Apple patching an exploited zero-day in WebKit, AI and price discrimination, and an ICE OSINT tool that can monitor 200+ websites.

Auf einer Veranstaltung mit JBL hatte ich die Gelegenheit mich mit dem Hersteller näher über das Thema Auracast zu unterhalten. Die schlechte Nachricht: Musik hören und gleichzeitig Auracast-Ansagen zu lauschen ist offenbar ein komplexes Thema. Außerdem sagte JBL, warum es bei großen Kopfhörern so lange mit dem Support dauerte.

#auracast #jbl #bluetooth

notebookcheck.com/JBL-Musik-ho

Notebookcheck · JBL: Musik hören und gleichzeitig Auracast empfangen? Erstmal ist dies nicht machbarBy Andreas Sebayang