Lobster Roll

Stories by freddyb

Merry Everything and Happy Holidays my favorite crustaceans
L 169 pts 12 comments by freddyb Dec 24, 2024 meta thread
I wish you all an enjoyable time off. Whether it’s off work or work where you’re off your non-working coworker's. I hope you all get a nice break to rest and reflect. 🦞🦞🦞 P.S.: super special extra appreciation for our admins and mods. You’re the best.
A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website (lina.sh)
L 132 pts 29 comments by freddyb Aug 24, 2025 lawnetworking Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal (soatok.blog)
L 125 pts 17 comments by freddyb Feb 18, 2025 cryptography thread
Goodbye innerHTML, Hello setHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 (hacks.mozilla.org)
L 120 pts 45 comments by freddyb Feb 24, 2026 browserssecurityweb Web DevelopmentSecurity / Privacy thread
Fifty Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (blinry.org)
L 113 pts 10 comments by freddyb Mar 17, 2024 networking Programming (General)Data / Databases / InfrastructureMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Servo Revival: 2023-2024 (blogs.igalia.com)
L 110 pts 34 comments by freddyb Jan 7, 2025 browsersrust Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
Happy holidays, Crustaceans
L 110 pts 14 comments by freddyb Dec 24, 2020 meta thread
Enjoy your time off - be it religious or secular. I hope you’ll find a few moments to rest, enjoy and reflect.
Why I use Firefox (xn--ime-zza.eu)
L 106 pts 42 comments by freddyb Feb 28, 2024 browsers Web Development thread
Servo to Advance in 2023 (servo.org)
L 100 pts 25 comments by freddyb Jan 16, 2023 rustweb Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (devblogs.microsoft.com)
L 100 pts 11 comments by freddyb Aug 18, 2022 security Security / Privacy thread
Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and Personal Websites (danilafe.com)
L 96 pts 108 comments by freddyb Jun 24, 2024 web Web Development thread
Browsers are pretty good at loading pages, it turns out (carter.sande.duodecima.technology)
L 94 pts 54 comments by freddyb Aug 8, 2019 web Web Development thread
Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox (connect.mozilla.org)
L 93 pts 86 comments by freddyb May 22, 2024 browsers Web Development thread
Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software (washingtonpost.com)
L 87 pts 31 comments by freddyb Jun 22, 2019 browsersprivacy Web DevelopmentProgramming (General)Security / Privacy thread
Hubris and Humility (oxide.computer)
L 86 pts 18 comments by freddyb Nov 30, 2021 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
curl author: I’m leaving Mozilla (daniel.haxx.se)
L 78 pts 47 comments by freddyb Nov 19, 2018 person Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Weird things engineers believe about Web development (birtles.blog)
L 76 pts 50 comments by freddyb Jan 7, 2024 web Web Development thread
Celebrating 20 years of MDN (developer.mozilla.org)
L 75 pts 6 comments by freddyb Jul 25, 2025 web Web Development thread
This shouldn't have happened: A vulnerability postmortem (googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
L 75 pts 2 comments by freddyb Dec 1, 2021 security Security / Privacy thread
1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, Zendesk bug (gist.github.com)
L 74 pts 9 comments by freddyb Oct 12, 2024 securityweb Web DevelopmentSecurity / Privacy thread
Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days (letsencrypt.org)
L 72 pts 28 comments by freddyb Dec 2, 2025 practicessecurity Security / PrivacyProductivity / Career / Business thread
Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass (bugs.xdavidhu.me)
L 72 pts 32 comments by freddyb Nov 10, 2022 androidsecurity Security / PrivacyGaming / Retro Computing thread
http://http://http://@http://http://?http://#http:// (daniel.haxx.se)
L 72 pts 11 comments by freddyb Sep 8, 2022 web Web Development thread
Abusing copyright strings to trick software into thinking it's running on your competitor's PC (devblogs.microsoft.com)
L 71 pts 18 comments by freddyb Jun 25, 2025 historicallaw Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Happy Holidays, Crustaceans
L 70 pts 14 comments by freddyb Dec 24, 2021 meta thread
Enjoy your time off - be it religious or secular. I hope you’ll find a few moments to rest, enjoy and reflect. :)
Mozilla has automated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows (theverge.com)
L 67 pts 16 comments by freddyb Sep 13, 2021 browsers Web Development thread
"Rust does not have a stable ABI" (people.gnome.org)
L 67 pts 24 comments by freddyb Aug 13, 2020 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
No GPS required: our app can now locate underground trains (blog.transitapp.com)
L 66 pts 16 comments by freddyb Nov 13, 2024 mobilevibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
Happy Holidays, crustaceans
L 66 pts 23 comments by freddyb Dec 24, 2023 meta thread
Enjoy your time off - be it religious or secular. I hope you’ll find a few moments of joy and rest.
Debian running on Rust coreutils (sylvestre.ledru.info)
L 66 pts 11 comments by freddyb Mar 9, 2021 linuxrust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread