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Hardware Hacking Guide — Citizen Engineer

Posted by Soulskill on from the so-i-rewired-it dept.

Solderingfool writes "MAKE Magazine's Phil Torrone and open source hardware hacker Ladyada from Adafruit Industries have a new video series called 'Citizen Engineer.' In the first video they show how a SIM card works, then build a SIM card reader which could be used to clone a SIM card. They also show how to use an old payphone as a regular home phone, later with coins, and for their final hack — how to 'Redbox' it. They released all the projects as open source, and the video is well produced."

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  1. Re:How long will it take for the FBI to ride? by Shaitan+Apistos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the fact that a hole is there doesn't mean you can exploit it.

    I've seen a lot of videos on the internet that suggest there's no such thing as a hole you can't exploit.

  2. Payphones? Redboxes? by strelitsa · · Score: 5, Funny

    1981 called - it wants its meme back.

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  3. Re:Why video? by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Online video is a waste of time and bandwidth unless it's porn.

    It's geekporn. A geeky girl, soldering, throwing together electronics and showing you her enthousiasm for hacking and electronics? This *IS* porn.

    Why do you think there aren't as much reactions?

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