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You know, as you described this scenario, I'm now seeing all those tv shows and movies suddenly seem more possible. I'm talking about the scene where the one gu
by ytjohn 10y ago
You know, as you described this scenario, I'm now seeing all those tv shows and movies suddenly seem more possible. I'm talking about the scene where the one guy is sneaking around and talking to their remote hacker friend who is at their computer disabling cameras, silencing alarms, and unlocking doors.
The "smash and grab" criminal would have some pre-built arduino/raspberry pi/sdr combo that has to be within radio proximity of the building, but once in signal range, the remote person can work their magic.
- tw04 10y agoAnd why would someone with this skill set risk prison time over something like burglary? You could make a lot more money with a lot less risk doing any number of legitimate or illegitimate activities.
- Symbiote 10y agoPotentially, because they live in a poor country and the income far exceeds what's possible with a legitimate job.
- bryanrasmussen 10y agomaybe the live in an unfair country and while they could gain success with a legitimate job they wouldn't be sticking it to their class enemies in the same way. There are lots of potential motivations.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoOr because they're 16 and can't get a legitimate job yet.
- hvidgaard 10y agoBecause it is easy. With those skills you also know how to hide your origin, and collaborating with a burglar to identify and disable systems. I can see talented people choosing the easy job over hard but legitimate work.
- pkolaczk 10y agoA person with this skill set would not be the same who do burglary. More likely, burglars would just license the software / hardware for disabling alarms the similar way how car thieves probably do this now. I doubt car thieves are security experts, but they somehow know where to plug in their comuter into CAN network and how to run an exploit to reprogram the ECU and disable any security.
- slededit 10y agoThe OBD-II port under the dashboard on the left side of the driver's footwell. Its federally mandated to be in that exact position and on almost all cars it shares the same CAN bus as everything else in the vehicle.