Our sister site, Squealing Rat, wrote a couple of articles on computer security. Enjoy.
Category: Gadgets
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The Key Master [Locksmith]
Another mastermind, this time, for the good.
He’s a professional lock breaker, a man obsessively—perhaps compulsively—dedicated to cracking physical security systems. He doesn’t play games, he rarely sees movies, he doesn’t attend to plants or pets or, currently, a girlfriend. Tobias hacks locks. Then he teaches the public how to hack them, too.
The Ultimate Lock Picker Hacks Pentagon, Beats Corporate Security for Fun and Profit
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Fake Your Phone Number
Want to change your caller ID? How about record a call or disguise your voice on one? With Bluff My Call, you can. Try it for free, or buy a subscription, starting at $10.
Bluff My Call is the first and only service that lets you use any Caller ID on the phone, do Voice Changing and Call recording Worldwide. We have local access numbers around the world and can make calls to over 950 international destinations. Although we are famous for letting people change their Caller ID, there are many other features we offer that you are also going to love.
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Careful Who You Friend Online [Sneaky Agents]
Turns out that person you thought you knew who you friended on Facebook might be a fedral agent looking for information. According to an article from Aol News, the Feds are using Facebook now to keep tabs on persons of interest.
“This is just the way people meet these days — electronically,” James Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told AOL News. “It wouldn’t be any different than calling someone on the phone, say, in an undercover capacity. If we can meet them on Facebook by creating a fictitious account, that’s great. “
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Printer Harddrives Store the Secrets [Corporate Espionage]
Turns out the corporate espionage business is getting easier. With the developing printer technology comes the inevitable problems. This time around, it has been discovered the printers’ harddrives store copies of every copy made. Simply snatching that drive could give you an edge on the competition…
Of the dozens of multi-purpose copiers Beitner has cleaned out in the past two years, he has seen hundreds of scanned documents that would be considered confidential. As a personal policy, he never reads them, but can easily tell where they are by the file names and sizes.
“In almost all the machines I have seen, the files, phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses are left there as if it was still in the office,” said Beitner. “There are files from insurance companies, medical facilities, pharmaceutical and regular office-type documents,” he said.
High-tech copy machines a gold mine for data thieves via BoingBoing
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The Disguise of Rebels [Radio Gear]
Pirate radio stations in London use amazing makeshift gear to transmit from their radio stations. From infrared links, to homemade transmitters hidden in plain sight on rooftops, they know what they’re doing.
Untraceable infrared links. Backpacks full of back-up transmitters. Cloak and dagger secrecy. Hundreds of pirate radio stations broadcast in London every day, but this 20 minute documentary shows that only the tech-savviest stay a step ahead of the police.
Homemade antennas, hidden in plain sight on the tops of apartment complexes and abandoned buildings, broadcast pirate radio throughout London. But while the antennas themselves are conspicuous, the makeshift studios they link up to are hidden behind soundproof walls and security gates.
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Monitor Your Home for Free via Webcam [Downloads]
The great thing about having a computer is that you have so many tools available to you. While some you may not know how to take advantage of, (hacking into someone’s computer, creating botnets, etc), there are some you can. How about using your computer’s webcam to monitor what is happening in your house, perhaps making sure your dog walker is doing their job? Ordinary people might just take a regular old video, use Skype or something else. But a much easier option is to use Vitamin D, a program that identifies moving subjects to create a highlight video of all the activity occuring in your home.
Vitamin D via Lifehacker
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Snag Stuff With a Whip [Keeping Up With The Indiana Joneses]
Indiana Jones is one of the coolest action heroes of all time. One of his favorite gadgets is his trusty whip, which he uses to snag almost anything helpful. Thanks to Wired, your about to know how to do what he does best.
There are few tools that can break the sound barrier while fetching the TV remote. But throw a whip right and its tip can travel 900 mph (producing a sonic boom), then curl back to snare the object of your desire. Anthony De Longis, who coached Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, shows us how to lash out.
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Shoot Pennies From a Business Card [Spotted Quickie]
Have you ever wanted to take something of your wallet, load it with pennies, and then launch the pennies at unsuspecting people or other targets? Well, now you can with the Penny Shooter Business Card! Find more info here or watch the video below.