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Warspying in San Francisco
hak_fan writes "SecurityFocus has a story on a group of radio hobbiests in San Francisco who occasionally go out warspying for wireless cameras in the 2.4GHz band, using some customized equipment. Their latest expedition turned up some interesting finds."
Not that you slashdotters would want to know such a thing.
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If they found some interesting finds, they left them out of the article. They found exactally what you would think they would find... cameras pointed at places in offices... not the hot lesbian orgy that you would hope for. Besides, isnt this a dupe?
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
I didn't know the letter 'y' was taking a break today.
Where, oh where have all the *hobbyists* gone?
-Cyc
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From the article:
So the "catch of the night" is a freeway camera. Woo-hoo! Oh well, at least now I know there are bigger dorks than myself.
I know god exists. I read it on the internet, so it must be true.
Envy my 5 digit Slashdot User ID!
How many of you would rather go to jail than admit you're a dork? Not I, I figure it might come in handy some day.
This is my digital signature. 10011011001
Umm, that was just a Law & Order on the other night. Law & Order != Real Life. Step outside and take a deep breath of fresh air dude.
"His satisfaction at the discovery hints at the real nature of warspying: at least for WMD, the appeal isn't voyeuristic at all -- it's pure geek."
He starts off as Massive White Dude (MWD) and ends up as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Interesting... Terrorist.
I don't know what's funnier -- the fact that the warspying guy's name was "Massive White Dude" (or "MWD" for short), or the fact that the reporter misspelled it as "WMD" in the second to last paragraph...
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I never thought this would happen to me. I was warspying around Clevland and found myself in a low-rent part of town. I didn't want to stop for long, but I glanced at my equipment while stopped at a red light and saw the most beautiful girl in the world. She must have forgotten to turn off the camera, because the things she was doing.... Well, let's just say it was even more exciting than the goats.cx guy, or the thought of Natalie Portman with hot grits down her pants. I went right up to her place, and secured that camera for her by setting up a linux firewall. But the really good part is, I put in a backdoor for myself!
Has this already been done?
Hmm.. let's see..
A [innocent person] goes out to [do something not everybody would do, but still peaceful] and witnesses a murder, which is later ruled a suicide by the coroner's office in a massive political coverup. He has [evidence of the murder, possibly in a non-trivial geeky way], and shortly after he [hands the evidence] of the murder over to his uncle, a police detective, his uncle is then found dead, another "suicide." Then the kid realizes they'll be coming after him next, and a merry chase ensues.
Yup, I've definitely see that one a few time.
But my movie will have a talking pie.
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
With a little detective work, MWD will eventually discover that the signal is a directional transmission from the camera to a local TV station that features the feed on its website and in its nightly newscast.
So really the trick is to override their feed during the nightly news with more provocative content. It might be amusing to be real subtle about it, such as periodically putting footage from the wrong season or another time of day, CGI-ing the skyline (burning buildings, missing buildings, buildings that aren't really there, etc), using a different city skyline, etc. Just putting the goatse guy on would be a little less interesting.
Ideally you'd have a reachable PC generating the video, with the ability to remotely switch between the real camera's feed and your feed to keep 'em guessing.
All the more ironic that "The Conversation" was filmed in SF.
how could anything "wireless" be a violation of "wiretap" act?
Wardialing was coined after Matthew Broderick did that activity in the 1983 movie War Games. It was a little bit clever to mutate that into wardriving, but that took the prefix right up to the edge of Fonzie's ramp.
"The problem is, if the cops take an interest in you while you're doing something like this, the only way to get out of the situation is to admit that you're a dork," says MWD. "I'd almost rather be taken back to the station."
Wow, imagine the interrogation this guy would get:
Cop: What's your name, son?
MWD: Massive White Dude.
Cop: I see that, but what's your name? And what's with this wire and little television?
MWD: It's, uhh... top secret, government stuff. I need to speak with Special Agent Dana Scully. It's a matter of national security!
Cop: Dana Scully... and what department does agent Scully work for?... And did you know the tags on your 1964 Volvo are expired?
MWD: Oh, Appelbaum's Mom didn't send in her regis... I mean, it's the agency's car. You'll have to contact Agent Scully, she can clear all of this up.
Cop: How old are you? You look a little old to be an agent...
13 minutes later...
MWD: yes, it's true, I'm sorry! That thing is an antenna to pick up wireless camera signals of hot chicks in blue dresses. We've been driving around for hours in my friend's mom's car trying to find some naked girls showering on camera. I'm 60! I'm 60 years old, and I all my friends refer to me as "Massive White Dude" I'M A DORK. YES, YES, I CONFESS, I'M A DORK! CAN'T YOU SEE!
It's true: the letter "y" appears several times in *.h files.
Who can find pics of his 64 Volvo? I'd rather see those.
There is one story of a man who setup video cameras all over the house and then sold it.
... AAAHH! MY EYES!! THE HORROR!!! IEIEYEEEYIII!!!
That's dumb. Was this guy a real estate agent? How'd he know some young, nubile (i.e. watchable) couple would move in?
Grandson: "Okay, grandma, grandpa. Here are the keys to your retirement village".
Gramps:Okay, son. See ya. Hey honey, wanna try out the four-poster upstairs? Lemme unpack the Ben-gay and I'll see you in the bedroom in an hour!"
two days later... Guy: Okay, just pop in the video, hit play and
much writhing, followed by cardiac arrest.
Damn, I could watch that for hours. Maybe next week they can find a janitor waxing a floor.
um correct me if im wrong but aren't
girl 1 and girl 2 the same ebay user id with different pictures and descriptions???
also the first one is 265$ USD. wow. for that price im SURE you can buy a quality whore or about 10 cheap ones...
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...