A quick recap of what happened in the ILUGC monthly meet held on June 13, 2026
Introduction
- Irfan welcomed the participants with a small introduction of ILUGC
- Briefed the participants about the mailing list
Talk 0
- Gopi started his talk on Keep Anroid Open
- He asked the participants about the recent developments in android
- Explained google’s recent policy changes and how it prevents sideloading apks
- He demonstrated an ADB loophole that circumvents google’s policies
- The participants had a discussion about security vs safety
- The talk was concluded with a few remarks from Gopi
Ice Breaker (CTF Challenge)
- The participants had requested an ice breaker
- A CTF called securecat from w3challs was solved by participants
- The CTF involved exploiting a minor flaw in a setuid binary
- Participants came up with many answers to read the flag
Talk 1
- Mahadevan started his talk on Playwright framework
- He showed playwright’s web automation capabilities
- Demonstrated playwright using a simple website
- Participants had a discussion on playwright
Post Talk Discussion
- Irfan talked about tilde communities and social computing
- Participants discussed about viewing technology as a “means to an end”
- The discussion further explored the cost of AI and the surge in Linux users
