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It's such crappy software, after disabling some javascript triggers I managed to submit a password containing spaces.
The problem? Well the server software breaks the password on the first space. So "This is a password" becomes "This".
Very fucking classy TP-Link, also they have all kinds of language options, yet once in France, you will get all pages in French. No matter how many times you tell them you prefer English.

VK: Voorpagina

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Meer nieuwe woningen enige oplossing voor het woningtekort, stelt bouwinstituut EIB

Dodelijke lawine op vuilnisbelt in Guinea legt probleem met afvalverwerking bloot

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Oud-lid Pussy Riot zegt gedwongen Kremlin-spion te zijn geweest

Rita Flores, een voormalig lid van de Russische punkband Pussy Riot, zegt jarenlang gedwongen als informant te hebben gewerkt voor de Russische veiligheidsdienst FSB. Ze zou informatie hebben moeten verzamelen over critici van het Kremlin en moest zelfs haar eigen ex-vriend naar een café lokken waar hij zou worden omgelegd, schrijft The Moscow Times.

Flores is eerder deze maand uit Rusland gevlucht. Volgens haar was de geplande moordaanslag op haar ex het keerpunt. "Daarvoor dacht ik gewoon dat ik moest wachten tot ik mijn paspoort terug zou krijgen om te vluchten. Maar toen realiseerde ik me hoe ver ze wilden gaan."

Flores zou onder druk zijn gezet door de FSB na een huiszoeking in haar appartement begin 2023. De veiligheidsdienst dreigde met vervolging vanwege posts op sociale media over Russische oorlogsmisdaden in Oekraïne. Daarna voerde ze opdrachten uit voor de FSB, maar naar eigen zeggen saboteerde ze die zo veel mogelijk. Ze kreeg ook maandelijks betaald door de dienst.


Lange rijen bij Iraanse tankstations door dreigend benzinetekort

TEHERAN (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Iran kampt met groeiende brandstoftekorten nu de Verenigde Staten het voor Teheran steeds moeilijker maken om brandstof uit het buitenland te halen. Volgens de staatskrant Hamshahri staan er in Teheran lange rijen bij tankstations uit angst voor prijsverhogingen. Veel automobilisten gaan al tanken, voordat de tank halfleeg is.

Benzineprijzen zijn een uiterst gevoelig onderwerp in het olierijke Iran. Dankzij overheidssubsidies profiteren consumenten er van een van de laagste benzineprijzen ter wereld.

Een hoge functionaris die verantwoordelijk is voor de binnenlandse energievoorziening zei dat de benzinemarkt dagelijks een tekort van 14 tot 15 miljoen liter heeft. Dat is het gevolg van een grote vraag, schade die tijdens de oorlog is ontstaan en "veranderingen in de prioriteiten van de nationale begroting".

De Amerikaanse minister van Financiën Scott Bessent noemt de maatregelen tegen Iran "het grootste financiële offensief ooit tegen een tegenstander".


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Canada seeks performer for Eurovision 2027

CBC/Radio-Canada launches the search for the first artist to represent Canada on the global stage. CBC/Radio-Canada announced Monday that it will begin a nationwide search for an experienced musical performer to become the country's first representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Bulgaria next year. More at the Toronto Star.

Terwijl Oekraïne de onafhankelijkheid viert, zweert Poetin altijd harder terug te slaan

Rusland blijft verwoestende aanvallen uitvoeren op grote Oekraïense retailbedrijven – soms zelfs tijdens openingsuren. „De Russische acties zullen absoluut pijnlijker en destructiever zijn”, zei Poetin dit weekend.

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Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on Elon Musk’s X as for being MP

Restore Britain leader paid up to £1,476 an hour by platform, which critics say is financially incentivising inflammatory content

Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain, is on course to earn as much from the social media platform X as he does from his salary as an MP, after surging income from posts that include demands for mass deportations.

Lowe has earned £932 an hour for his posts on X, formerly Twitter, since the start of the year, according to his own declarations in the register of MPs’ financial interests, which detail how many hours he has spent on X for each payment he received from the platform.

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Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after human rights abuses

Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African wildlife charity that had been at the centre of a human rights controversy.

Prince Harry’s spokesperson confirmed he was no longer a trustee of African Parks, which admitted last year that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers in the Republic of the Congo.

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Logitech hit by sueball over tariff refunds

A complaint filed in a California District Court has accused peripheral maker Logitech of withholding tariff refunds from customers, and asked for the proceeds from its activities to be returned to punters. When the US administration imposed tariffs on imports, companies quickly passed them on to US customers. While we won't go into the whys, wherefores, and the what-were-you-thinking, of tariffs imposed by the US administration, the upshot was that customers often ended up paying more for the same item. It has made for an exciting time in the IT world. Logitech was no exception, and US customers faced higher prices. According to the 102-page complaint [PDF], "in or about April 2025 … Logitech raised United States retail prices across approximately half of its product catalog, by an average of approximately 14 percent and by as much as 25 percent on individual products." The complaint goes on: "Logitech's own executives and securities filings confirm that these price increases were in response to, and calibrated against, the IEEPA tariffs." It is difficult to argue with the logic – tariffs go up, and so do prices. However, a problem with the tariffs emerged. On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court stated that the IEEPA (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) did not, after all, authorize the US President to impose tariffs. On July 15, 2026, an order was issued, directing the US Customs Border Protection (CBP) to refund the IEEPA duties. Those refunds go to the importers rather than the consumers who paid the higher prices. Some are returning money to customers. Some… are not. According to the complaint, the vendor was one of the latter. The filing claims that in addition to not refunding customers, Logitech also kept prices where they were. The complaint goes on to say that "as of June 30, 2026, Logitech received a full refund of $61 million for the tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court." However, it alleges, rather than this being given back to customers, "The entire $61 million was recorded as a reduction of cost of goods sold in Q1 FY2027, according to reporting on Logitech’s Form 10-Q filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)." The complaint alleges: "Logitech has made clear it will keep both the refund and the consumer overcharge." Logitech has yet to respond to a request for comment. The company is far from the only tech firm to face complaints over the imposition of tariffs and subsequent refunds. In July, Microsoft was sued over Xbox tariff costs and refunds. Nintendo was also sued and, in July, stated it had no intention of passing a tariff refund back to customers. "Plaintiffs," wrote Nintendo in its motion to dismiss, "have no legal entitlement to the tariff refunds Nintendo stands to receive." ®