Show Notes
It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.
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How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation
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News/discussion
YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day
How I Broke Gitea for Everyone
Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden
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