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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

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The art of lock-picking, many of them will tell you, is hacker philosophy made real, but the longtime hacker sport has faced an uncertain future since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s social gatherings. Tweak them in the right order, and the lock opens.

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

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The Cyber Independent Testing Lab , a nonprofit organization that focuses on consumer cybersecurity, published research in December demonstrating how 28 home wireless routers fail to use even basic security techniques. All major router vendors shipped fewer routers with firmware sporting ASLR protections in 2018 than in 2012, he said.

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