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The record is the authority Article

The record is the authority

A for-sale DNS record sells naming authority itself, and every control above DNS keeps validating the name for whoever now holds the record.

One grep, full repo access
Article credential-exposure

One grep, full repo access

A security camera shipped a full-scope GitHub PAT in its login page bundle. The credential exposure, supply-chain exploit path, GitHub audit-log telemetry, and why rotation - not removal - is the only fix.

CVE-2026-44843 turns one chat message into credential theft
Article credential theft

CVE-2026-44843 turns one chat message into credential theft

CVE-2026-44843 turns a single chat message into credential loss. An operator breakdown of the one-hop path from unauthenticated input to identity material.

The camera on your shelf handed out your GPS
Article IoT security

The camera on your shelf handed out your GPS

A TP-Link Kasa camera returned home GPS over unauthenticated UDP for six years. The mechanism, the pattern it exposes, and what must now be true.

Rust solved the compatibility trap with editions
Article SQLite

Rust solved the compatibility trap with editions

SQLite's backward-compatibility promise freezes its worst defaults. Rust-style editions could ship strict typing and enforced constraints without breaking old files.

The padlock only proves someone holds the key
Article public key infrastructure

The padlock only proves someone holds the key

X.509 certificates authenticate a source, not the truth of its content, and trust resolved once at issuance is inherited unchanged until it expires.

A grep job cost forty-seven dollars
Article claude-code

A grep job cost forty-seven dollars

A scheduled Claude Code skill shelled out to curl on its own and burned $47.30 in 19 minutes. The root cause, the commit 7a3b8d2 that fixed it, and the guardrails.

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