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SerHack
Personal blog · serhack.me · on HN as serhack_securityhardwareprogramming
SerHack is a personal blog at serhack.me about security, hardware and programming. Since 2017, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 86 times, most often “Understanding the UBI File System in Embedded Devices”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link SerHack's articles on stylometry, the analysis of writing style to identify anonymous authors. The linking comment is a bare list of related reading, with no comment on the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Security engineer and writer. Author of Mastering Monero, enthusiastic about blockchain technology and privacy application.
Most-linked posts?
- Understanding the UBI File System in Embedded Devices3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-11-16
- Unveiling the anonymous author: Stylometry techniques3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-03-03
- How to Write a Technical Book2 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2021-01-08
- /2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-04-07
- Persuading People Through a Voice Synthesized by AI (2020)2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2020-10-13
- Analyzing the Mario Themed Malware2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-10-01
- The Alternative Genesis Block of Bitcoin2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-10-07
- Dissecting Reolink RLC-810A Hardware: A Detailed View2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-11-09
- A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Bitcoin2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-12
- Convos: The self-hosted alternative to IRCCloud2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-16
What Hacker News says?
My blog: https://serhack.me
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on “Ask HN: Share your personal site”Submitted Monitoring your own infrastructure using Grafana, InfluxDB, and CollectD as a story · 385 points
HN discussionSome other posts about Stylometry: https://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~sadia/papers/oakland2014-und... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18328270 https://serhack.me/articles/unveiling-anonymous-author-stylo... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30571932
Comment linking /articles/unveiling-anonymous-author-stylometry-techniques/
on “US Government plans to develop AI that can unmask anonymous writers”Submitted The Alternative Genesis Block of Bitcoin as a story · 126 points
HN discussionHow to Write a Technical Book https://serhack.me/articles/how-to-write-technical-book/
Comment linking /articles/how-to-write-technical-book/
on “Advice to Prospective Book Authors (2003)”Submitted How to Write a Technical Book as a story · 123 points
HN discussionhttps://serhack.me
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”Submitted Analyzing the Mario Themed Malware as a story · 71 points
HN discussionThanks for the article. If you're a newbie and want to learn about stealth address, I'd suggest also https://serhack.me/articles/what-is-stealth-address-technolo...
Comment linking /articles/what-is-stealth-address-technology-monero/
on “An incomplete guide to stealth addresses”Submitted Unveiling the anonymous author: Stylometry techniques as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSEEKING WORK | Italy | Remote I am a security researcher, author, and writer seeking for work. I offer two main type of services: reverse engineering and code audit. My background is on Computer Engineering, specializing into Information Security with a particular glance for abstract interpretation and static analysis. I've been passionate about reverse engineering since I was at high school, when I got my first job…
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on “Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2023)”Submitted A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Bitcoin as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSee also: https://serhack.me/articles/unveiling-anonymous-author-stylo...
Comment linking /articles/unveiling-anonymous-author-stylometry-techniques/
on “Show HN: Using stylometry to find HN users with alternate accounts”Submitted Booting an Embedded OS: The Booting and U-Boot Phase as a story · 33 points
HN discussionhttps://serhack.me
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Hackers can take full control of online compilers through a RCE exploit (2018) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionAn analysis about the first version of source code of Bitcoin https://serhack.me/articles/story-behind-alternative-genesis...
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on “Hal Finney Was Not Satoshi Nakamoto”Submitted Unpacking ASIC firmware: AntMiner Exploited (2019) as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dissecting Reolink RLC-810A Hardware: A Detailed View as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding the UBI File System in Embedded Devices as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introduction to Firmware Analysis of a Reolink IP Camera as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Introduction to Cryptocurrency Wallets: Which Wallet Type Suits You Best? as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dissecting Reolink RLC-810A Hardware: A Detailed View as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Alternative Genesis Block of Bitcoin as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unveiling the Anonymous Author: Stylometry Techniques as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analyzing the Mario Themed Malware as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unpacking ASIC firmware: AntMiner Exploited (2019) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Exploring the Operating System of Reolink RLC-801A as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding the UBI File System in Embedded Devices as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analyzing a Mario Themed Malware as a story · 6 points
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