Filing a Tax Return Online

It's not exactly comfortable, but it works!

Circumstances forced my hand — I have to file my own tax return for last year. Because I have a Data Box, I must do it electronically. Filing a tax return isn't particularly complicated: add up a few numbers, put them in the right boxes, done.

What...

29th Jan 2019

Data Box Password

Not like this…

The data box system got a new look. And with that they also dropped the CAPTCHA verification on login. My primary goal was to send my tax return, but I had an expired password. So: log in, change it, send. Except... I generated a password in my password manager, entered it in th...

28th Jan 2019
Collection #1

Collection #1

The biggest leak yet... of usernames and credentials.

I was curious what's actually in the largest collection of leaked data so far — Collection #1. I downloaded just under 40 GB of data. After extraction it came to just under 100 GB. I fired up Splunk and started indexing. It took almost the enti...

17th Jan 2019

Simulator with Oculus Rift

Simulator and VR

It's a different world. Situational awareness, overall perception — I could go on forever. If I had to pick a few things that made the biggest difference, it's definitely the feeling on landing. I felt like I was sitting in a fighter jet, sensing every movement of the aircraft...

9th Dec 2018

Passwords, passwords... passwords

So what's the deal with passwords

I came across an article from CSIRT-MU saying that passwords are like toothbrushes — change them and don't share them. The headline is catchy enough to draw readers in. However, I came away somewhat disappointed by the article. In the section on creating passw...

8th Dec 2018

BigClown

Playing with sensors, or: IoT is trendy.

BigClown isn't new to me — back when they were looking for backers on Indiegogo I supported them. I thought their idea was great. The advertised integration with the Turris router sounded more than promising.

Turris still doesn't have BigClown support...

24th Nov 2018

Our New Station

Or: a trip to see the station of the future

The City of Brno organised a guided walk to show the public up close the future site of the new train station. As a regular commuter I was interested, so I signed up. It started from Petrov — the landmark that the future boulevard from the station...

24th Nov 2018