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OLPC's XO As a Wireless Hacking Tool
twistedmoney99 writes "InformIT.com has a whimsical yet intriguing look at the OLPC in an article series titled "One Leet Pwning Child — Give one, Get Owned". Part one details how to upgrade the core system with some extras, but part two is where the fun begins as the author converts the OLPC into a lean green hacking machine to enable wireless sniffing, setup the OLPC for vulnerability assessments, and stage the device for a little autopwning with Metasploit."
I'll say it once, I'll say it again. Negraponte is an ass. The OLPC, developed with contributions of time and money from a lot of free software developers. The dream:
Extensively field-tested and validated among some of the poorest and most remote populations on earth, constructionism emphasizes what Papert calls âoelearning learningâ as the fundamental educational experience. A computer uniquely fosters learning learning by allowing children to âoethink about thinkingâ, in ways that are otherwise impossible. Using the XO as both their window on the world, as well as a highly programmable tool for exploring it, children in emerging nations will be opened to both illimitable knowledge and to their own creative and problem-solving potential.
OLPC is not, at heart, a technology program, nor is the XO a product in any conventional sense of the word. OLPC is a non-profit organization providing a means to an endâ"an end that sees children in even the most remote regions of the globe being given the opportunity to tap into their own potential, to be exposed to a whole world of ideas, and to contribute to a more productive and saner world community.
That was the dream.
thawed asses
niggerling
it's FROSTED butts. fail