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Why is it so hard to 'root' a smartphone?
If a phone is just a tiny computer, why is it so hard to be the admin? Rooting, bootloader unlocking, jailbreaking; it has many different descriptions but they all mean the same thing when it comes to smartphones. It's how you open the phone's software so you have more control...
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Linux Fu: Watch That Filesystem
The UNIX Way is to cobble together different, single-purpose programs to get the effect you want, for instance in a Bash script that you run by typing its name into the command line. But sometimes you want the system to react to changes in the system without your intervention. For...
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Tor Hidden Services
by Kyle Rankin Why should clients get all the privacy? Give your servers some privacy too! When people write privacy guides, for the most part they are written from the perspective of the client. Whether you are using HTTPS, blocking tracking cookies or going so far as to browse the...