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Lately both Charlie and Runa have posted to Twitter asking for some
ideas of similar things to hack, other than cars and expensive
Wifi-based lead-throwing equipment.<br>
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I wanted to crowdsource some junkhacking ideas. The obvious tenets
are that it must be something worthy of a talk and CNN interview,
but be on something with no security design whatsoever - and
especially not one hard enough to stand five minutes of attention
from an ex-NSA hacker.<br>
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For example,<a href="webpass.net"> lots of companies </a>are
putting mesh networks into buildings to provide high speed internet
to customers. You could, after a few minutes with a easy-to-pick
lock, get into the room where the microwave terminus is, assuming
you don't get boiled, and connect into that network to sniff, spoof,
mess with routing, and otherwise fuddle around with the mesh
network. Or just imagine the "fun" of messing with FireChat in Iraq!
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And if you want to stick with "Internet of Things" you could hit up
the exciting world of networked airport security equipment! Yes!
That's right, not only are basic airport security measures <a
href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/activist-bypasses-200000-tsa-nude-body-scanners-with-cloth-and-a-sewing-kit/">bypassable
by putting things on certain places</a> on your body, but they are
networked computers as well! One quick plug into any of them can do
lots of interesting things. IMAGINE THE DEMO ON STAGES AROUND THE
WORLD, THE PRESS, THE "FAME"! Look, a lot of times the rubber pad
isn't even under the metal detector, because nobody ever explained
to the TSA that its whole point is to raise the people above the
bottom of the detection field. So imagine how great the security is
on the network traffic and various physical ports on those things.<br>
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Trains. We don't have any in the United States. You might have to go
to Shanghai to find one with enough networking equipment to hack.
WHAT IF YOU CHANGED THE SPEED TO THE SAME AS AN AMTRACK? Patriotic,
or irresponsible? Let's let Wired decide?<br>
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:)<br>
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-dave<br>
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