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We're kicking off season 2 of the NGI Zero podcast with Armijn Hemel of DeviceCode. The electronics industry works differently than most people think. Behind the different brands and casings is often the same hardware, created by a single factory.
But security issue disclosure focuses on single devices, so vulnerabilities in similar devices go unnoticed.
DeviceCode uncovers the hidden patterns of the electronics industry to improve security.

podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/epis

NGI Zero podcast · Uncovering the hidden patterns of the consumer electronics industry - DeviceCode“The consumer electronics industry works differently than people actually think”, says Armijn Hemel creator of DeviceCode. Behind the different brands and casings is often the same hardware, created by a single Original Design Manufacturer. But the disclosure of security vulnerabilities is mostly focused on single devices. So when a CVE is published for device A from vendor X it conceals that the security flaw may also exist in a similar device of a different vendor. DeviceCode collects structured technical information about consumer devices to reveal these hidden patterns of the industry in order to improve security. Demystifying the electronics industry can also be a step toward increasing the local production of electronics. Reasons to opt for local manufacturing are the vulnerability of global supply chains, environmental impact, worker rights, software security and preventing backdoors. A better understanding of the industry could inspire a bottom up approach to a more diversified electronics industry. Links DeviceCode repositories: Code Data NGI Zero projects DeviceCode And also mentioned: VulnerableCode If you are interested in Armijn’s knowledge about Open Source Software supply chain management (briefly mentioned at the end of the podcast) watch the NGI Zero webinar with Armijn: Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains (Episode 1 of a 4-part series The Ins and Outs of Open Software Supply Chain) Other projects and talks mentioned The Open Wrt hardware device: OpenWrt One Talks on the hardware supply chain by Andrew “bunnie” Huang Supply Chain Security: “If I were a Nation State…” at BlueHat IL, 2019. An Alternative to the American way of Innovation at TEDxPickeringStreet. NGI Zero webinar about IRIS: (Infra-Red, In-Situ) inspection of silicon.
#NGI0#FOSS#podcast

You're invited to join the Open Source by partner @ow2 this afternoon at 16.00 CEST. Simon Descarpentries / @siltaer will be speaking about his project @metapress, a Firefox extension that lets you explore news without trackers and snooping companies.
And Didier Barzin will talk about Mercator, an open source web application designed to map information systems.

Participation is free but you do need to register: ow2.org/view/webinar/webinar_4

www.ow2.orgOW2 - Open Source Webinar by OW2Open Source Webinar by OW2
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willowprotocol.org

There is also github.com/n0-computer/iroh-wi which is under construction and based on the #Willow protocol. This is also a foundational #p2p technology, which received funding by @nlnet under the EU Horizons #NGI0 programs, to evolve their specifications.

Willow contains among others a specification for support of object capabilities, called Meadowcap, which is very interesting.

willowprotocol.org/specs/meado

willowprotocol.orgWillow Specifications - WillowProtocols for synchronisable data stores. The best parts? Fine-grained permissions, a keen approach to privacy, destructive edits, and a dainty bandwidth and memory footprint.

We are happy to announce that 56 teams and individuals will receive funding to support their work on improving the core technologies of the internet.

We'd like to congratulate them and thank them for making the internet better for us all.

Come and take a look at the projects to see the marvellous work being done to upgrade the open internet architecture.
nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-ca

nlnet.nlNLnet; 56 Projects Receive Grants for Improving Core Technological Building Blocks

Would you like to represent NGI Zero in your region? NGI0 partner Brno University of Technology is looking for regional representatives in specific regions. It's a part-time, paid role where you'll be encouraging people to apply for funding, build a community and promote free and open source.

Note that only certain regions are eligible and you need to be based in the region of your choice. (See the list of regions at the bottom of the page).

nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/regio

nlnet.nlNLnet; Job opening

NGI Zero partner CCBV is looking for a freelance technical writer with cryptographic expertise. You'll be helping out free and open source projects in the cryptographic space with their technical writing needs. This kind of practical support is part of the NGI0 funding programs.
It's a part-time, freelance role with the amount of work depending on the number of requests for support. Check CCBV for more info and contact details for questions.
https://www.commonscaretakers.com/services/work-with-us.html

www.commonscaretakers.comBecome a Commons Caretakers Service ProviderWork with Commons Caretakers as a service provier.

The Flow Battery Research Collective (FBRC) are building an open source battery. Technology writer Koen Vervloesem did a nice write-up about their #FOSDEM talk in the Energy devroom. FBRC works on redox flow batteries which are better suited for long-term, stationary storage and less hazardous than Li-ion batteries. FBRC plan to democratize flow battery technology by developing an open source flow battery, starting with a development kit.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1011730/

lwn.netBuilding an open-source battery [LWN.net]

i just released v1.0 of libopaque: github.com/stef/libopaque/rele

7 years after the initial commit. being honored to be a target by the seminal "partitioning oracles" paper (and resisting the attack, through defense-in-depth, and fixing the root cause before publication of the paper), and five years after the IRTF/CFRG started an RFC datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft

going further than any of the others by providing bindings for 10 languages & a threshold variant. & in debian

thx #nlnet #ngi0 to enable this!

NGI0 partner @fsi is organizing the Free Silicon Conference to connect experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. [1] The conference will cover the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture, to layout and verification. It takes place July 2-4 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. Info on how to register will be published soon.

[1] wiki.f-si.org/FSiC2025

wiki.f-si.orgFSiC2025 - F-Si wiki