Post by Mike EasterPost by David BrooksEben Upton - Life Before Raspberry Pi
#1, I didn't watch your 30 min vid about old computers, but the 'back
story' about Eben Upton and the early dev of the RPi is an interesting
story.
EU is 46 y/o, a Welshman. In 2006 he was 28, when the seeds of the dev
of the RPi developed, as an idea for a simple computer that would be an
economical way for the computer science students to study computing. He
already had a PhD in CS after his BA in physics and engineering, and
went on to get an MBA in biz while working in industry.
The guys who dev/d the RPi, in conjunction w/ Broadcom and as a 'charity'
foundation weren't really expecting the 'evolution' of the board to
become so 'strong' and popular.
Great story. I would love to replace my current old RPi 3B w/ the
now RPi 5, which would serve as a capable desktop computer, or any
of a number of other roles. Even the 3B is a functional desktop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Upton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Foundation
Post by David BrooksEben Christopher Upton CBE FREng DFBCS [4][5] (born 5 April 1978) is
the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the
engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi
Foundation.[6][7][8][9] He is responsible for the overall software
and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device.[10][11][12] He
is a former technical director and ASIC architect for Broadcom.[13]
I posted this to Eben:-
From your description, I suspect I'm a bit like your dad. The computers
I played with as an apprentice had thermionic valves! You can find out
about me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boaterdave
I recently uncovered a photograph of my younger son, Nick, 'working
away' at our BBC B computer which I'd bought on leaving the navy in
1983. You'll find a copy of the piccie here:-
Loading Image...Nick was around 13 years of age at the time that photograph was taken.
Like you, he had been 'nuts' about electronics and computing from around
the age of seven! He obtained a good degree in Physics from Manchester
university and went straight on to ICL in Stevenage where he stayed
until, at the age of just 28, he sadly collapsed and died in January
1999. No obvious cause for his death was found at his autopsy. To me he
was both a friend AND a guru who helped me whenever I got stuck with any
computer problem. As you might imagine, my wife and I still miss him
terribly. We celebrated our golden wedding anniversary in December -
yes, we were just children when we married!
FYI, I keep my narrowboat not far from IBM in Warwick; I bought it
shortly after that tragic event and am pleased to advise that our
boating has been highly therapeutic.
I tell you all this because I wish to ask you a question. I trust you
will forgive my impertinence!
I have read this article on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking
"Clickjacking is possible because seemingly harmless features of HTML
web pages can be employed to perform unexpected actions.
A clickjacked page tricks a user into performing undesired actions by
clicking on a concealed link. On a clickjacked page, the attackers load
another page over it in a transparent layer. The users think that they
are clicking visible buttons, while they are actually performing actions
on the hidden/invisible page. The hidden page may be an authentic page;
therefore, the attackers can trick users into performing actions which
the users never intended. There is no way of tracing such actions to the
attackers later, as the users would have been genuinely authenticated on
the hidden page."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickjacking
I believe THIS site a prime example of a 'tainted' web page:-
https://web.archive.org/web/20161002161328/http://identit.ca/ (please
review the page source code carefully - around line 472)
I have been told that I am wrong - but I'd welcome YOUR view. What WOULD
that - somewhat hidden - code be doing on that web page?
Following my discussions on the Microsoft TechNet forums, the original
www.IdentIt.ca site has now been taken down.
Thank you for listening!
David B.