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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New lab space! Ignited plasma today towards resuming my "FOSS gold wafer shuttle" project. Stay tuned!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Just did a pass resolving misc siliconprawn.org issues (cross domain compatibility, upload limits, etc). Please let me know if you see any issues!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup next Wed Aug 12, 7 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I'll be at Open Sauce tomorrow if you want to say hi! Roaming in the morning and then at SF Microscopy Society booth in the afternoon

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup this Wed, 7:00 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: - John M on "WiFi Tuning Adventures" (30 min) - Valery R on "Invasive FIB Attacks and Countermeasures in Hardware Security Devices" (30 min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup this Wed, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7:00 at wagon wheel bbq. see you soon!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup on Wed at 7:00!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

is this common with jlcpcb machining? Or did I get unlucky (sputter coater targets)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I've (finally) made some SSL changes on siliconprawn.org to fix regressions from the transition to Cloudflare. Let me know if you are still seeing any issues

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight, 7 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! - Mike F on "How n00bs can use AI to become 1337 hackers" (15 min) - Joshua W on "You Probably Should Just Write a Wireshark Dissector (... But Then We All Should Dream Bigger)" (30min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup Wed April 8, 7 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! - Mike F on "How n00bs can use AI to become 1337 hackers" (15 min) - Joshua W on "You Probably Should Just Write a Wireshark Dissector (... But Then We All Should Dream Bigger)" (30min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Heading to HARRIS hardware security conference to give a keynote on open source security hardware. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup 7:00 pm tonight at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: - @tubetime.bsky.social on "HP 16717 PCB Reverse Engineering" (40 min) - @natashenka.bsky.social on "0-click Android exploits" (25 min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup on Wed! 7:00 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ. Talks: - @tubetime.bsky.social on "HP 16717 PCB Reverse Engineering" (40 min) - @natashenka.bsky.social on "0-click Android exploits" (25 min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7:00 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Social / no talks scheduled

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup Wed Feb 11th, 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Social / no talks planned right now

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I've had to re-enable "under attack" mode for siliconprawn.org as attacks appear to be persisting through cloudflare with it off

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: - Rotem B on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 minutes) - Tom V on “Restoring a DOS based Rohde & Schwarz vector IQ signal generator” (20 minutes)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup Wed, 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: -Rotem Bar on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 minutes) -Second one possibly / TBD

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

siliconprawn.org is experiencing a DDoS. As smaller mitigations have failed, I'm experimenting with putting it behind cloudflare

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) white elephant gift exchange tonight! Make your junk^H^H^H^Htreasure someone else's problem. 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) white elephant gift exchange tomorrow! Make your junk^H^H^H^Htreasure someone else's problem. 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering meetup (mtvre) tonight, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there! Ford on "The Wildest Way to Distribute a C Compiler" (15 min) + maybe demo

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering meetup (mtvre) Wed Nov 12, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Free stuff: quantity 4 of 60 kV pulse capacitors (3 kJ each, 160 lb each) and Rorze RR303L200 SCARA arm (slightly disassembled since picture but all parts should be there). Pick up in Santa Clara, DM if interested

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The first buyer fell through, hit me up if you might be interested!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup on Wed, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I'll be on the Maker Faire "How to do Hard Stuff in Your Garage" panel at 3:30, Foundry Stage. Hope to see you there!

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TinyTapeout @tinytapeout.com · 18/09/2025

Our chips look the best, no competition!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: -Jacob C on“Unlocking an Encrypted Zip” (30 min) -@tubetime.bsky.social on "Raspberry Pi reverse engineering" (30 min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Hey all! Its unfortunately time to find a new home for my SEM. if you are interested take a look at this doc. TLDR: asking $2,250 OBO, pick up in Santa Clara CA. Other than that its best offer / whoever makes it easiest for me to move it on

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup 7:00 this Wed at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks: -Jacob C on“Unlocking an Encrypted Zip” (30 min) -TubeTime on "Raspberry Pi reverse engineering" (30 min)

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I have been locked out of my labsmore.com accounts for the past week due to an expired credit card knocking out my DNS served with AWS route 53. I can't log into my AWS account to fix it since with DNS gone I can't receive a sign in code, or any other email for that matter

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Almost sold out of current Maasi spin coater inventory! Starting the next run to raise the current production from 14 to somewhere in the 20 to 24 range

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup TONIGHT, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup this Wed, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you then!

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Successfully printed a Maasi spin coater "vase" (fluid bucket) in polypropylene! This will ease concerns more aggressive solvents / photo-resists will dissolve conventional print materials

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johndmcmaster.bsky.social @johndmcmaster.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Want to learn about DIY / FOSS silicon fabrication? Check out FOSSF Silicon at Frontier Tower today to see an open source hardware toolchain! We'll be running live demos exposing and developing wafers

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