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I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security
by p4bl0 11y ago
I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.
- antsar 11y agoAll from a Raspberry Pi. Why?!
- arbitrage 11y agoBecause it's small? Portable? Cheap? Unobtrusive? Creative? Fun? In short, a hack?
- sithadmin 11y agoBecause it's the sort of thing you can tape to the underside of a desk, or slip into a ceiling plenum without it getting noticed very quickly?
- dagw 11y agoSurely a normal tablet or closed laptop will look far more inconspicuous just lying around an office.
- sithadmin 11y agoNot in an environment with any level of decent IT management going on. Most managed IT environments look fairly homogenous in terms of gear, and anything that's not an exact or very close match will immediately draw attention.
- toxican 11y agoDepends on the environment. If I saw a new laptop in my office I'd notice it immediately because we've only got one laptop. A huge office with machines all over the damn place, sure that would probably work just as well.
- mhd 11y agoThey namedropped the Pi in Mr. Robot, which might make it interesting to some newcomers to the, erm, "penetration testing" scene.
- morganvachon 11y agoDitto with Kali Linux. I noticed a huge uptick in seeders/leechers on the Kali ISOs I seed, after the show came out. And if I'm not mistaken, the distro was never actually named in the show, but the background image on Elliot's computer is the Kali logo.
- venomsnake 11y agoYou can shape some case for it as an charger
- sithadmin 11y agoI wouldn't say it's really that strange. LifeHacker content is geared at the casual tinkerer and hobbyist that knows a thing or two about electronics and/or IT, but may not have much formal exposure to the subject matter being discussed. On balance, it's probably better to include a few words about ideal security practices.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoPersonally I'm happy for such tutorials. If you were to follow all the "before you learn X, learn Y and Z", you'd end up in a big, cyclic dependency graph and probably give up before learning anything. Fortunately, humans are good at jumping straight into the middle of a complicated topic and learning by figuring things out as they go. Such tutorials are great entry points.
- n7c3c1 11y agoIt's Lifehacker, a branch of Gawker. So quality isn't a high priority.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoIs there a hardware equivalent to script kiddies?