samy kamkar
@samykamkar
think bad, do good. | http://samy.pl | cofounder @openpathsec
I’m finally getting some decent results producing 100%-edible iridescent tempered chocolate. The colors are from the chocolate (not any ingredient or coating) diffracting light after being forcefully molded onto a diffraction grating in vacuum.
Woot! Excited about @pablos' book, was inspired by this dude since I first met him @ defcon when I was 14 deepfuture.tech/book
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ffmpeg is old and outdated. is there a good alternative?
🥳 #hw_ioUSA2025 welcomes @samykamkar as our Keynote! A name synonymous with creativity and curiosity in infosec—Samy is a self-taught hacker, entrepreneur, and the mind behind some of the most iconic security research of our time. 👉hardwear.io/usa-2025/speak… #hardwaresecurity
Got laser eye surgery (PRK) and supposed to wear these not so fun clear plastic protective glasses so coated them with an atomically thin translucent layer of gold in the home vacuum chamber. Now I just need a name for my etsy store.
vibe CADding!
introducing mecagent: its cursor for mechanical engineers
TIL it's possible to create un-deleteable "cookies"
Post something that's a flex to a niche group, that most folks won't understand.
Post something that's a flex to a niche group, that most folks won't understand.
Remembering the greatest security blog post + tool of all time: magspoof by @samykamkar It demos a wireless credit card spoofer that: •Allows you to store all of your credit cards and magstripes in one device •Works on traditional magstripe readers wirelessly (no NFC/RFID…
Yup. The slipstream page describes how to inject arbitrary UDP packets from the browser via TURN's authentication mechanism as an individual packet though I haven't tested that mechanism since release, search "TURN" @ samy.pl/slipstream/ (there are likely other ways too)
while reading @evilsocket's cups-browsed i was immediately reminded of @samykamkar's samy.pl/slipstream/ so... can TURN protocol be used to generate an arbitary UDP packet from the browser? (i'd normally check myself, but have zero time lately)
they use opensesame in A Murder at the End of the World (FX, 2023), and they use goodfet to program it! (@samykamkar, @travisgoodspeed 👀)
This thread will brighten up your day. 1. The cutest photo at the Paris Olympics.
Ahead of Defcon, the always-brilliant @SamyKamkar gave me a preview of his infrared laser spy tool: He can point a laser through a window at a laptop to detect its vibrations and derive the words typed on it from the acoustics of different keystrokes. wired.com/story/infrared…
Oh neat! Would add: - keyboard accessible - mobile accessible - align clickable elements - move interactive elems closer (less movement) - don't hide (reduce step) But doesn't look as pretty; what are style, UX & accessibility improvements we could apply? codepen.io/samyk/pen/NWVP…
Teaching my compressible flow course online is giving me the opportunity to answer some long-standing questions, such as: Just how fast *is* that eagle in the @USPS logo going? Turns out, about Mach 4.9...