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Ready, Aim, HACK!

Posted by michael on from the reach-out-and-touch-someone dept.

KD5YPT writes "According to a story on Wired, Adam Laurie and Martin Herfurt demonstrated that they can hack a Bluetooth enabled phone from up to a mile away using a sniper rifle with yagi antenna. Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'."

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  1. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now all the people that hack Counter-Strike will be out on the streets with Snipers hacking Bluetooth devices, leaving CS hack-free. Thank god.

  2. So? by Zorilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not impressed. If you really want to impress me, use a Cap'n Crunch whistle over a Bluetooth-enabled phone to switch your neighbor's TV to the Spice channel with the volume up to 50.

    Fun.

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  3. guns.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I saw a guy pointing a gun at me from far away (or close), I wouldn't be worried about him taking my contacts out of my phone.

  4. Sweet by TheSexican · · Score: 5, Funny

    No more paying for those pricey 900 numbers... I'll just hack some poor schmuck's phone and whack o..err... talk for free.

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  5. Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. by justkarl · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, so instead of "Fucking tool" it now will mean "Fucking tool who's in jail for aiming a sniper rifle at someone"?

    True.
    Do you think that cops would arrest you first for
    a: hacking or
    b: carrying around a F'n sniper rifle?

    "No, officer, I swear I wasn't shooting anybody, I was just trying to hack their phone!"

  6. Yeah, Except... by JamieKitson · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that you have to call the guy at the other end and ask him to stand very very still :)

  7. Re:Kinda gives a new meaning to '1337 hAx0r2'. by d474 · · Score: 5, Funny
    They should turn this rifle into a head mounted unit with a Large parabolic dish attached to the top.

    That would result in:
    1. 1) You would get laughed at by police instead of shot

    2. 2) Nerd factor points increase in orders of magnitude
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  8. In other news ... by cccpkgb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some researchers found a way to completely destroy bluetooth-enabled cellphones from up to a mile away with a sniper rifle by failing to RTFA.