Accidental Spying? (Was: Wannabe hacker from CNN)
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Accidental Hacking?
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Ever wonder how hard it is to become a secret agent? I can tell you firsthand it's probably easier than you may think.
It all started when I was walking on the street from my office. Imagine my surprise when I've seen that somebody forgot his clef into the doorlock. Wonder of wonders, way cool and very impressive. Suddenly I was alone in his house and drinking all his beer and eating some pizza. I found some phone numbers snapped on the wall, so I called there, it was his wife but she though I was a stupid bastard little kid trying to make fun of her so she hang up on me.
I should let him know he had a security problem, so I broke everything in his house and I pee all over the floor etc... To get his attention, I wrote some insanity on the wall. Next day the owner came back at home. I felt bad. I'd freaked him out, and there was no opportunity to explain.
I explained who I was ("Uh-huh," he said), I assured him that I wasn't a secret agent, ("Uh-huh"), that I hadn't done anything to his house ("Uh-huh"), and that he should secure his doorlock ("Uh-huh"). I explained that a secret agent could have had a field day ("Uh-huh") and, well, I hardly got a response. Ho-hum.
It was such a simple door in his house and one that I could have open without him having a clue what was going on. On the other hand, he probably wouldn't have been of much interest to a real secret agent. Frightening.
I would never have guessed that being a secret agent was so easy.
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Ever wonder how hard it is to become a secret agent? I can tell you firsthand it's probably easier than you may think.
It all started when I was walking on the street from my office. Imagine my surprise when I've seen that somebody forgot his clef into the doorlock. Wonder of wonders, way cool and very impressive. Suddenly I was alone in his house and drinking all his beer and eating some pizza. I found some phone numbers snapped on the wall, so I called there, it was his wife but she though I was a stupid bastard little kid trying to make fun of her so she hang up on me.
I should let him know he had a security problem, so I broke everything in his house and I pee all over the floor etc... To get his attention, I wrote some insanity on the wall. Next day the owner came back at home. I felt bad. I'd freaked him out, and there was no opportunity to explain.
I explained who I was ("Uh-huh," he said), I assured him that I wasn't a secret agent, ("Uh-huh"), that I hadn't done anything to his house ("Uh-huh"), and that he should secure his doorlock ("Uh-huh"). I explained that a secret agent could have had a field day ("Uh-huh") and, well, I hardly got a response. Ho-hum.
It was such a simple door in his house and one that I could have open without him having a clue what was going on. On the other hand, he probably wouldn't have been of much interest to a real secret agent. Frightening.
I would never have guessed that being a secret agent was so easy.