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If you use an iPhone, you likely have some idea as to how your privacy can be violated given that Apple has ties with phone carriers.  Plus other apps like Facebook will try look at everything on your phone to which they can obtain access. But many people have no idea just how dangerous this can be.  Let me demonstrate. Here I am parked at the dentist and I took a quick photo of a lovely wall. Nothing inherently dangerous here.  Nothing obvious anyway. But if I go to my phone and open the Photos app to view the photo, it paints a larger picture. Here, I clicked on the photo to view it full screen, then swiped the screen upwards and look what it has for me... The camera had full access to my location data because (like most people) I just said ALLOW when it asked because I had no idea what it needed it for. If I click on that map, it opens Apple Maps to let me see exactly  where I was. So what does that matter?  Nobody has this photo but me.    Well if you share pho

There are plenty of firmware flashing guides out there for CR-10 models, but not yet a lot for the CR-10 S5 model.  So I had to figure out how to flash the firmware based on what was available for other models. To  understand what is required, please refer to this video.  It has all of the major steps needed. This post is not meant as a full guide.  It's merely supplemental information that applies to the video below meant for the S5 model's of the CR-10 series.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J7NYnxL5vA So the basic idea is the CR-10's do NOT have a bootloader installed by default.  So in order to flash the firmware, you first have to burn the bootloader.  This can be done via an arduino because the CR-10's all use an arduino as their main processor. The CR-10 normally has a jumper to switch to USB power.  the S5 does not have this.  You can just disconnect the 120/240v power and plug in the USB cable and it will power the S5 board.   You wil need the boar

This is a continuation of my original post which (back then) was just a proof of concept.  Over the years I have improved the design and now I've come to a version that I use often and has proven to be very durable and reliable. This project is worthwhile but is not at all easy.  The circuit board construction is extremely difficult to achieve without error and still maintain a compact design.  A small mistake can ruin most or all of your work. Obligatory Disclaimer : While I shouldn't have to say this anyway....I am not responsible for anything you do.  I don't care if you burn your house down or worse.  This information is for educational purposes only and you are responsible for your own actions. Physical Warning : This task does involve some soldering.  If you have no desire to do that, then you can find someone that knows how to solder or just go do a different project.  You can always locate your nearest Hackerspace and there should be plenty of