Collaborate Disseminate
Lacking a DVD drive, [jg] was watching a TV series in the form of a bunch of .avi video files. Of course, when every episode contains a full intro, it is only a matter of time before that gets too annoying to sit through.
The usual method of skipping the …read more
Continue reading Audio Fingerprinting Skips a Show’s Intro, Reliably
The joys of overengineering a simple gift. [Joren] wanted to create a dress for his daughter’s fourth birthday that would react with lights in sequence for a song from Frozen. The dress and an LED strip, along with a digital microphone and a battery were easy to procure. But how …read more
We all understand the risk of someone taking over our computers or phones for nefarious purposes. But remote access to printers and fax machines was something most people took a little less seriously. After all, you might get some obscene printouts or someone wasting some paper, but in general, those are not big deals. Some researchers however have lately been pondering what might happen should someone break into your 3D printer. Of course, you could bring a printer down to deny service, or cause things to malfunction — maybe even in ways that could be dangerous if the printer didn’t …read more
Continue reading 3D Printing, Cybersecurity, and Audio Fingerprinting
Have you ever felt Facebook is showing you very relevant ads about topics you’re only discussing around your phone?
If yes, then you may find this news worth reading.
Communications Professor Kelli Burns from the University of South Florida claims that Facebook is listening to all conversations people have while its app is open to serve more relevant ads for products related to what they are
Despite browsing incognito, blocking advertisements, or hiding your tracks, some websites monitor and track your every move online using a new web-tracking technique called Audio Fingerprinting.
This new fingerprinting technique can be utilized by tec… Continue reading Top Websites Using Audio Fingerprinting to Secretly Track Web Users