<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>hapara.fail — The Takedown</title><description>Technical analyses and guides on defeating edtech surveillance. Deep dives into DNS, ChromeOS forensics, and tool breakdowns from hapara.fail.</description><link>https://www.hapara.fail/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>End of the Line: Powering Down hapara.fail DNS</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/end-of-the-line/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/end-of-the-line/</guid><description>As of July 31, 2026, at 2:30 AM EST, the hapara.fail public DNS service has officially been shut down.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>Public DNS Resolver Shutdown Notice</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/public-dns-resolver-shutdown-notice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/public-dns-resolver-shutdown-notice/</guid><description>The hapara.fail public DNS resolver is scheduled to retire on July 31, 2026 unless the funding situation changes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>The ID Trap: How &quot;Protecting Kids&quot; Became a Surveillance Machine</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/age-verification/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/age-verification/</guid><description>An investigation into how age verification laws are building a surveillance machine, exposing sensitive data, and threatening internet anonymity.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>Reforging the Shield: Why We Switched to AdGuard Home</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/adguard-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/adguard-home/</guid><description>We&apos;ve switched from Pi-hole to AdGuard Home. Learn why this upgrade brings superior speed, native encryption (DoH/DoT/DoQ), and better security for bypassing censorship.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>The Death of Learning — and How to Revive It</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/death-of-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/death-of-learning/</guid><description>Why compliance-driven classrooms and AI surveillance are suffocating curiosity, and how educators can rebuild learning around human connection.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>Extracting Network Keys from ChromeOS</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/chromeos-wifi-password-extractor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/chromeos-wifi-password-extractor/</guid><description>Forensic methods to recover saved WiFi passwords on ChromeOS using Sync Internals and Net Export logs, with detailed steps and tooling insights.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item><item><title>Neutralizing Surveillance with DNS</title><link>https://www.hapara.fail/blog/dns/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.hapara.fail/blog/dns/</guid><description>How DNS sinkholing disables edtech spyware. Learn our Pi-hole-based approach, curated blocklists, and why cutting command servers breaks surveillance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>a9x</author></item></channel></rss>