Middle America, Meet The Hackers

Forbes ^ | 08-08-07 | Andy Greenberg

[em2vn]

That exploration goes well beyond invading the closed corners of the Internet. DefCon's more than 6,000 attendees hack everything: their cars, to increase horsepower and remove pesky safety and emissions controls; their brains, using biofeedback receptors attached to videogames to relieve anxiety disorders; even the war in Iraq. One Navy engineer gave a presentation detailing the nine months he spent hacking insurgent bombs, jamming their radio frequencies to prevent detonation.

[em2vn]

The entire article is interesting. But some people should just keep their mouths shut. The subject of the article is a reporter who was run out of the gathering.

[Hacklehead]

“One Navy engineer gave a presentation detailing the nine months he spent hacking insurgent bombs, jamming their radio frequencies to prevent detonation”

How about hacking the bomb so that it goes off when the raghead who built it comes back to see why it didn’t go off?

[lesser_satan]

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[JamesP81]

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