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May 8, 2014

[Phoronix] A Developer's Perspective On Porting Games To Linux

Leszek Godlewski, the former developer at The Farm 51 who has ported games like Painkiller Hell and Damnation and Deadfall Adventures to Linux / SteamOS, has given another presentation on porting games to Linux.

IOActive Labs Research: Glass Reflections in Pictures + OSINT = More Accurate Location

Travelling can be enriching and inspiring, especially if you’re in a place you haven’t been before. Whether on vacation or travelling for business, one of the first things that people usually do, including myself, after arriving in their hotel room, is turn on the lights (even if daylight is still coming through the windows), jump on the bed to feel how comfortable it is, walk to the window, and admire the view. If you like what you see, sometimes you grab your camera and take a picture, regardless of reflections in the window.

Without considering geolocation metadata [1] (if enabled), reflections could be a way to get more accurate information about where a picture was taken. How could one of glass’ optical properties [2], reflection, disclose your location? Continue reading.