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From a reader: "The guys over at thebroken have put
together a fun hacking videozine ( .torrent
here ). This episode covers Windows password hacking, destroying your
hard drive with 3,000 degree molten iron, console modding, and an interview
with Kevin Mitnick. Think "The Man Show" meets computers. Divx Required.
"
Oh boy. Cheap, nasty 3rd rate pr0n whores draped over computers. Are these the rejects from Easy Rider and lowrider mags?
my sig's at the bottom of the page.
Kevin Rose gives the tech community in general a bad name. He doesn't wash his hair nearly enough and generally appears unkempt despite being on national television. Hint Kevin, grease is never cool.
.nfo files were (NFO files are text files used by warez groups to include information about the stolen software (cdkeys and the like), and are almost never distributed with legitimate files. I have yet to see Kevin offer a tip that can be used positively (his segments rarely involve fixing something and usually involve breaking or cracking something, usually something expensive)
Things generally head downhill as soon as he opens his mouth. The advice and iformation is almost never useful (unless engaged in illegal activities), and is always much more entertaining for him than the rest of the audience. Most recently, he discussed on air what
Probably my favorite incident involving Kevin was the episode of screensavers where Yoshi had brought several remote control vehicles to the set. Yoshi was illustrating how good the suspension on on vehichle was by dropping it from chest height. This of course was not enough for Kevin (he didn't get to drop it), so he takes the car from Yoshi and is promptly warned that if he drops it, to make sure it lands wheels down. Of course Kevin the Smart tosses the car up into the air, sending it tumbling towards the ground. Needless to say, the chances of the rotating vehicle landing correct-side-down are slim to none and the $400 car lands hard on the delicate radio and engine parts. Kevin
My mistake for actually cracking a book on computer security. Ignorance is bliss, practical countermeasures are hysteria. Is that how it works?