Hacker News: machinehum

I Built a Stereo Vision Board for Hardware Hackers

machinehum — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:45:52 +0000

Article URL: https://rootkitlabs.com/2026/10/06/i-built-a-stereo-vision-board-for-hardware-hackers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50172432

Points: 83

# Comments: 13

New comment by machinehum in "My USB Drive Has a Hidden Encrypted Vault"

machinehum — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:51:28 +0000

6x not 50x

I use 100k rounds instead of 600k https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Password_Stor...

My USB Drive Has a Hidden Encrypted Vault

machinehum — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:09:25 +0000

Article URL: https://rootkitlabs.com/2026/06/22/I%27m-Building-a-Secure-USB-Drive/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48974862

Points: 289

# Comments: 165

I'm Building a Secure USB Drive That Hides Itself

machinehum — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:46:26 +0000

Article URL: https://rootkitlabs.com/2026/06/22/I%27m-Building-a-Secure-USB-Drive/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48814065

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

My open source privacy focused USB drive

machinehum — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/o7-machinehum/phantomdrive

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356972

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Open Source Handheld Linux Device [video]

machinehum — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:59:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxqeU8ZfaYg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47179082

Points: 11

# Comments: 6

New comment by machinehum in "Nordic Semiconductor Acquires Memfault"

machinehum — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:25:05 +0000

I actually disagree.

We have lower power bare metal systems, think AVR/STM stuff (in the 1Mhz to 50Mhz range with 128K or less of RAM) here FreeRTOS, no freeRTOS, custom driver code and some basic application code makes sense. For simple to very complex systems.

Then there's 1Ghz+ stuff with an MMU and 2GB+ RAM. Linux makes sense here.

Companies are now making chips 200Mhz+, 4MB RAM, with no MMU. This is precisely where Zephyr excels, you want a full networking stack? Switch that on. A file system, easy. Driver for some more complex thing? Maybe an SDIO radio? boomboom

Flipper Blackhat: A Linux-Based WiFi Tool

machinehum — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:07:51 +0000

As an electrical engineer, I asked the Flipper community a while back what hardware add-ons they would like to see developed. The top reply was "evil portal that supports WiFi passthrough" meaning the user is connected to the internet after the portal attack.

This got me thinking: the ESP32 is a powerful but simple, bare-metal microcontroller. They're awesome but limited in ways.

If you put a powerful Linux microprocessor on top of the Fipper and connect two WiFi radios, you'll end up with a very sophisticated device.

So that's what I'm working on, and I made an update video here: https://youtu.be/RVjA3HURUa8?si=hbplsUVfqiI7IYF2

AMA, and thanks for the support and project idea!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39799313

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

Reverse-Engineering a Switch Lite Boardview at 6k Pixels per Inch

machinehum — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:33:54 +0000

Article URL: https://usoldering.com/switch-lite/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39451416

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by machinehum in "I Made a Secure USB Drive for Journalists and Hardware Hackers"

machinehum — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:18:48 +0000

Finally, it's finished! I want to give a huge thanks to the community for supporting the project over the past year! I'm excited to take this next step!

AMA!