2.5 Admins 309: Orbital Sauron

A new HTTP caching standard looks promising but might struggle to get adopted, a terrible space mirror idea is actually happening, cars will spy on us all, and picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.

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HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST (theregister.com/devops/2026/07/13/http-gets-a-…)

FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that’s been widely criticized by astronomers (engadget.com/2212600/fcc-grants-approval-for-s…)

Feels like all of us need to pay way more attention to the new rules affecting EU and US folk, requiring all new cars to include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face (infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116890719090826544)

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