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  1. More fingerprint spoofing techniques by BeermanAtCampus · · Score: 5, Informative · on Fingerprint Scanners Fooled By Play-Doh

    Last summer on WTH: Spoofing fingerprints in 10 minutes shown at WTH last summer. The guy on the video also says that he never encountered a fingerprint reader which couldn't be fooled. Interesting is also to see is that he does not make a fake finger, but only a thin acryl layer placed over ones real finger. And also on the CCC website: A image gallery with text (EN) how to copy a finger print. So it's not all about the Play-Doh

  2. Re:Safe cracking/ Lock picking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Safecracking for the Computer Scientist

    That would be http://connect.waag.org/toool/.

    I'm pretty sure it's on one of the workshop videos...

  3. PainStation by LuSiDe · · Score: 1 · on A History of Video Game Controversy

    Wha, i heard rumors PainStation is a violent game. How about Power Pong instead (Pong on a bicycle).

  4. Re:They hire by penguin7of9 · · Score: 1 · on Who Makes MapQuest's Maps?

    Not to sound like a mean old man (well ok, I am a mean old man), but the hardest part of any such project would be sifting the bullshit out from the data.

    You mean like this?

    Odds of actually achieving a useful, properly updated, set of data aren't actually zero, but they're pretty damn close.

    Yeah, just like we never will be able to create software collaboratively with hundreds of developers involved. Too much opportunity for mischief and error. It will never happen. Oh, wait...

  5. Re:Go XS4ALL! by Plugoor · · Score: 1 · on Dutch Court Rules That Linking Is Legal In Scientology Case

    last year a film about the founders of XS4ALL was put on the internet:

    http://hippies.waag.org
    The film is a good 234 mb (lo-res!) and 534 mb (vcd).

  6. GPS over GPRS by ukryule · · Score: 3, Insightful · on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking

    One of the neat things I haven't seen comments on was the fact they were using GPRS to transmit the GPS data in real-time - so the GPS data really was uploaded as it was generated. This is the sort of thing that GPRS is really good for - it's low bandwidth (so doesn't cost an arm and a leg) and constantly updated.

  7. red light by jglow · · Score: 2 · on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking

    http://www.waag.org/realtime/images/kaarten/2-11-4 0d.jpg

    those bright red blotches must be the smoke shops and red light district. high traffic!

  8. Re:real time vice-tracking by Cy+Guy · · Score: 2 · on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking

    Unfortunately it seems the red zones that appear on the map aren't color coded to represent that. Also aparently absent from the color scheme are green spots to identify the hash bars.

    If they could get a representative sample of the population, this would be a great technology for city planners. What I would like to see are maps that instead of giving a week at a time - give cumulative maps for each half hour during weekday mornings and afternoons to identify which traffic routes to take or avoid.

    Given enough devices with a real-time hookup and it would be invaluable in directing traffic around problem spots. The same could be done in the NorthEastern US by putting ez-Pass readers into all highway onramps and offramps that didn't charge a toll but tracked traffic flow. Of course this could also have serious privacy implications as well.

  9. Re:I don't understand.... by KristsInferno · · Score: 1 · on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking

    Sorry about the dual post, but I just found this:

    Chris takes this project seriously