From the Big Brother Files: Chicago Heat

The Chicago Police Department is using an algorithm to predict whether citizens will be involved with a shooting incident. While the system identifies people who might be involved with an incident, it doesn’t say on which side the citizen might …

A tool to find out if BGP is lying to you

APNIC has a bog article on detecting “bgp lies”. https://blog.apnic.net/2021/05/24/a-tool-to-detect-bgp-lies/Do you ever wonder whether you can really trust other networks, such as your provider(s) and peers? More precisely, wouldn’t you like to be able to tell if the traffic you send always …

Android 12 widgets and notifications

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/16/22438065/new-leaks-ahead-google-io-android-12-big-changes A new leak showing off Android 12 has appeared just before Google I/O. The video shows what appears to be a new user interface with new widgets, toggles, and stacked notifications. There is also a new keyboard design and …

RouterOS 7.1Beta5 Tip

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Starting a WISP: The paperwork side

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