A nervous looking zip folder bearing cartoon eyes with the title: The Linux hack that wasn't...

Lessons Learned From the liblzma and xz Backdoor

The open source community was rocked with the revelations of a backdoor targeting millions. Turns out, the enemy was the people and processes along the way.

April 12, 2024 · 8 min · Trafotin
The Pixel Tablet with the text: Finally! A free Android tablet...

Setting up a Pixel Tablet with GrapheneOS for My Mom

I helped my mom set up GrapheneOS on the Google Pixel Tablet. Are Android tablets ready now?

March 25, 2024 · 13 min · Trafotin
The Windows Update screeen with the title: Just use automatic updates!!!

A Survival Guide to Windows Update

Windows Update is one of the worst things about Windows. What’s the best way to deal with its problems? Here’s my game plan to survive Patch Tuesday, but you could just use automatic updates…

February 24, 2024 · 10 min · Trafotin
A photo of Okta CEO Todd McKinnon with the text: The worst SSO app ever made!

How Okta ruined my life for the last 2 years...

Don’t use Okta. Wait, you want to know more? How about the utter mishandling of user information and complete disregard for transparency?

December 2, 2023 · 3 min · Trafotin

Firefox

YouTube Firefox is one of the longest living browsers still with us today (good riddance Internet Explorer) and is arguably the most customizable browser when comes to protecting your privacy. I have made lots of videos about Firefox, but lots has changed to Firefox since then and I want to take my time to take a step back to review the basics, update some of the configuration files I have, and why I still use Firefox as my daily browser. ...

November 22, 2023 · 15 min · Trafotin