Eloy.

Retro tech hacker and Wikipedia editor. Chief Innovation Officer at Øl Telecom and orga at eth0 (npub1j3f…eka7). Vector graphics connoisseur, so-called Inkscape expert.

Hacker Jeopardy organizer without working buttons. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2026 events: GPN, BornHack, eth0, 40c3

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Hackerspace: RevSpace: Hackerspace Den Haag (npub12a7…6kff), The Hague, Netherlands
Website: https://eloydegen.com
License: WTFPL OR Speziware (http://license.spezi.jetzt)
Pronouns: he/him/../../../etc/shadow

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Last Notes

2026-03-28 22:26:42 CET

this article is way too optimistic
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-sideload-carry-over-3652845/

2026-03-06 15:14:09 CET

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I'm not sure what I think of it. I think that commercial HSMs might have better security with regards to things like voltage glitching (they don't have the weight and size constraints of smartphones), but with regards to the software, the smartphone is probably the better choice

2026-03-06 15:07:51 CET

RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116182611269370509
brb starting a new CA with a smartphone as the root of trust
#note1fpl…5usn

2026-03-04 14:08:22 CET

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we can list elly on the website as a colo supplier

2026-03-04 14:00:17 CET

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for now, I think this should become KRITIS infrastructure for Øl Telecom
also..
.oO(win2k kernel driver for wg)

2026-03-02 14:29:07 CET

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I think https://eloydegen.com/speex/ is my best work yet

2026-02-23 11:01:21 CET

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Hoe hebben jullie gedetecteerd dat oa DA gebruikmaakt van de dienstverlening van TAGGRS?

2026-02-18 13:17:14 CET

today's find:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_RAID_levels

2026-02-04 13:04:24 CET

rumor: new computer architecture might have endianness
big if true

2026-02-02 22:33:26 CET

universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations
universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

2026-01-22 22:00:49 CET

I managed to break forgejo by adding a weird ssh key, had to remove everything before I could push again

2026-01-18 16:09:32 CET

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Oh, AlphaServer!

2026-01-18 16:08:45 CET

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I meant, I don't know what it is 😅
assume something from DEC?

2026-01-18 16:05:22 CET

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DS10?

2026-01-15 16:27:17 CET

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also, lol
>While AI isn’t good enough to write Wikipedia entries from scratch, it could, for example, be used to update dead links by scanning the surrounding text and then searching online to find other sources.
We've have the Internet Archive bot for years that fixes dead links...

2026-01-15 16:24:11 CET

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the tarball isn't real time and the WMF wants less scrapers

2025-12-28 16:09:03 CET

#39c3
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/797/818/073/300/595/original/ef2dd3817f0c68af.png

2025-12-28 12:32:51 CET

"use a password manager" they say, but that doesn't apply to banking
now I have 3 different bank accounts that each require a separate pin for the app and the card that I have to memorize anyway

2025-12-28 01:23:04 CET

current status: learning `ed` to edit my passwd file on a True64 UNIX box with a crypt password hash from Wikipedia
#39c3

2025-12-25 18:43:41 CET

#39c3
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/781/432/719/450/914/original/91b1ef10c67c5bae.png

2025-11-26 17:18:30 CET

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third attempt. Combined!
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/616/898/500/954/051/original/d0b9a2de3ecc845e.png

2025-11-25 18:05:23 CET

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second attempt
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/611/423/153/263/673/original/b404443fa95af132.png

2025-11-25 17:27:52 CET

sticker idea
feedback / other suggestions welcome (I do want to keep this exact text)
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/611/270/784/476/157/original/376266c6afaa19de.png

2025-11-23 19:06:17 CET

security engineers be like: let's make this thing that was never successfully attacked even more secure

2025-10-24 23:27:58 CEST

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Depends on the severity of the vuln. They released an EternalBlue patch for EOL Windows server 2003.

2025-10-21 04:11:42 CEST

The year is 50 BC, and all Gaul is using AWS. Only one small village of indomitable Gauls is still selfhosting.

2025-10-13 00:18:32 CEST

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I'm trying to understand, where is this firmware timestamp coming from? It does not seem to be an HTTP header and I can't find it in the page source either.

2025-10-09 18:41:46 CEST

Libera Chat Control
now the EU has to support 3984752 IRC clients

2025-10-01 11:31:41 CEST

the Russian government has their own Linux distro called Astra Linux, but it's really a missed opportunity to have called it GRU/Linux

2025-09-06 13:08:18 CEST

lecker Tee trinken
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/157/032/877/794/165/original/da25162d10506cad.jpg

2025-08-30 20:31:03 CEST

https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/119/138/544/168/149/original/e636d71a84fc1856.png

2025-08-21 23:17:56 CEST

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I traced the eepy from a bitmap, changed the text and extracted the rest from an original PDF :)
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/068/828/510/729/478/original/b2edeac1d7a6eff0.png

2025-08-21 18:28:51 CEST

anyone has the svg version of the EPA Energy Star parody "eepy low energy"?

2025-07-28 23:22:41 CEST

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as an (uninvolved here) Wikipedia editor I see this as a call to action to have more books written on BBS history. Wikipedia should not be relied on for keeping track of history, it's only republishing stuff for a wider audience.

2025-07-28 22:32:44 CEST

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holy shit, congrats on this find

2025-07-10 20:37:41 CEST

https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/830/379/319/320/643/original/97821fef786dde1e.png

2025-07-08 14:33:48 CEST

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USB 2.0 speeds close to the theoretical limit are a statistical error. whitequark, who knows too much about USB to make it work at those speeds is a statistical outlier adn should not have been counted

2025-07-02 15:41:43 CEST

Signal after not using a particular laptop for two weeks:
I just wanna grill^wsend messages
meanwhile my IRC bouncer is running some vintage 5 year old Quassel release
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/783/917/536/284/579/original/5c196593e65f1006.png

2025-06-22 23:57:44 CEST

I know so much German already
- Bitte
- Genau
- Ausstieg in Fahrtrichtung links
- Nett hier. Aber waren Sie schon mal in Baden-Württemberg?

2025-06-17 15:32:31 CEST

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Greetings from Karl Marx Stadt!
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/698/953/199/361/511/original/07221ff1e8d69d3d.jpeg

2025-06-16 21:53:04 CEST

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:tom_scott: I'm in Chemnitz
Chemnitz Hbf should run a pixelflut server
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/694/784/147/505/072/original/72f9e6c2d26b0383.jpg

2025-06-16 20:57:39 CEST

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Taking a ride on the Dresden Schwebebahn is the most Tom Scott certified moment of this trip yet

2025-06-15 20:21:13 CEST

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German is funny
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/688/762/847/189/047/original/8e5a6ae88b851fd8.jpg

2025-06-15 18:46:12 CEST

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I regret to inform you that the Carolabrücke is still Carolabroken
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/688/389/255/901/335/original/649a807bd07be8d6.jpg

2025-06-15 00:48:55 CEST

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now at Chaos Computer Club Dresden! Endlich normale leute

2025-06-14 21:10:16 CEST

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:tom_scott: I'm in Dresden!
Apparently you had to call for the bus we wanted to take in Cottbus, so we arrived an hour later. Fun stuff.

2025-06-13 22:14:43 CEST

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:tom_scott: I'm now close to Cottbus
Poland has a government map website with areas marked as suitable for wild camping. German wild camping rules differ per bundesland :woozy:
and Brandenburg allows it, but it seemed rather vague what area is actually allowed. So now we are on a camper camping (some parking with a bit of grass, no toilets)
Exploring Cottbus tomorrow and then going to Dresden!

2025-06-13 10:20:19 CEST

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now in the city library
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/675/072/105/150/138/original/07608c4a332142c5.jpg

2025-06-13 09:45:39 CEST

:tom_scott: I'm in Eisenhüttenstadt

2025-06-05 01:16:44 CEST

absolutely fascinating project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn

2025-05-23 15:04:25 CEST

🦆 🦆 fedi:
I want to make a PCB that could hold the following connector
could I put some surface mount metal pieces on top so the board can hold the connector in place? how do you call these parts? I tried looking on AliExpress, not found something that looks like what I want
I could not find the original specification of the plug, but according to my own measurement the pins have a diameter of around 4mm (measured with ruler, imprecise)
boost appreciated
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/557/251/553/061/769/original/bf0f74364304f52d.png

2025-05-12 23:45:26 CEST

the only crypto coin that I can get excited about
https://social.tchncs.de/@mray/114490012041830752

2025-05-11 11:40:34 CEST

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incognito mode fixes this luckily :P

2025-05-11 11:22:24 CEST

> app is broken
> use website
> website redirects back to broken app
AAAAAAA

2025-05-02 11:37:15 CEST

LMAO https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/dont-watermark-your-legal-pdfs-with-purple-dragons-in-suits/

2025-04-30 11:48:06 CEST

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is this snac instance running on Plan 9?

2025-02-23 18:12:29 CET

you know what this means
it's time for
postmarketOS for Beds™
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed

2024-12-26 23:37:18 CET

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anyway, the svg is here: https://codeberg.org/eloy/vectorizations/src/branch/main/winxp_welcome

2024-12-26 23:26:27 CET

My flag is hanging at the #38c3 entrance hall :)
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/721/472/727/610/142/original/e152d593f67d83f4.jpg

2024-12-22 13:39:04 CET

me, preparing my #38c3 stuff at home
https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/696/512/372/606/051/original/f0a614e9d9acdff0.png

2024-12-13 15:41:48 CET

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this is against the Geneva Conventions!

2024-12-01 20:08:47 CET

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by the way, if you didn't put Applied Cryptography on the list (for good reason, I agree), why is General Chemistry still on the list if it's outdated as you say?

2024-12-01 15:32:06 CET

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with regards to software project management, The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks might be the most important book

2024-12-01 15:21:46 CET

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Oh! The Codebreakers! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Codebreakers

2024-12-01 14:06:29 CET

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Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier is outdated nowadays, but I'm not sure if there is a good successor to include
Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson is a good contender

2024-12-01 14:04:07 CET

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in the category of books that have a counter culture pointing out flaws, I'd say that Clean Code by Robert C. Martin should be included

2024-11-26 18:26:40 CET

https://hsnl.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/550/424/825/050/117/original/936500cd336cf67e.png

2024-11-22 22:59:16 CET

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on Wikimedia Commons we have the term "Flickrwashing" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:License_laundering

2024-10-21 14:42:07 CEST

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does Signal have a policy on custom clients?
WhatsApp has banned people for doing such things. I am still unable to install the official client so this could solve it for me... Although I would still prefer an official client for security reasons.