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Back in the BBS days, there were textfile describing how to wire your beige box to either turn on strong magnets or ignite termite if a case was detected. ...
by alfiedotwtf 6y ago
Back in the BBS days, there were textfile describing how to wire your beige box to either turn on strong magnets or ignite termite if a case was detected.
... I don’t know of anyone actually implementing this though :)
- luckylion 6y agoSome ideas have been tested, there was an entertaining talk a few years back at DefCon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpX8YvNg6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpX8YvNg6Y
- geerlingguy 6y agoI would imagine that's thermite and not termite ;) If the latter, the server would probably be okay, and it would take a very long time for the termites to damage the surrounding room enough to be a security deterrent.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoProbably just a debugging technique.
- Teknoman117 6y agoor a bugging technique?
- hinkley 6y agoWell, it certainly complicates debugging.
- kibwen 6y agoNah, it's termite. You're trying to destroy your logs, right?
- alfiedotwtf 6y agoHa! Very nice :)
- alfiedotwtf 6y agoSorry that was a typo. Haha!
- Fjolsvith 6y agoThis was a plot device used in the TV series Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 3, about 27 minutes in.
- Nasrudith 6y agoI think in most cases the thermite trap would probably get you into more trouble for ATF violations and not even help by adding destruction of evidence and whatever they imagined was on the drive unless you had some authority like security clearence and classified documents or some sort of legal pretext to justify uses of such flammable boobytraps.
- codezero 6y agoIt's funny when I think back, I was a teen in the 90s and did plenty of questionable stuff online and w/ local BBS scene (Kevin Mitnick was busted in Raleigh and many rumors existed about his presence in the BBS scene, obviously fantasy though!). Nobody I know who got arrested ever managed to destroy anything. When I think about it, we all assumed the cops would storm in when we were in the act of doing something bad, probably like in the movies lol, when in practice, they tend to pick you up when you are really off guard, duh. Very few people had automatic protections because like, our parents would probably get mad if we burned down the house :) When it came to me, the FBI did knock on my front door, and I managed to dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda I lost my entire BBS, all the custom code and ANSI I had for it, among other ancient treasures that I'd probably still have with my napster mp3s :) Of course they didn't come for me, there had been a flasher in the neighborhood on halloween...
- jandrese 6y agoThe FBI was investigating a flasher?
- codezero 6y agoI could be remembering incorrectly, but it may have been reoccurring or not even really the FBI, but state police or something and my parents said it was the FBI. I only saw people in suits with a black car outside knocking on the door, also this was like 30 years ago so don't twist my arm :)
- rasz 6y agoThis is how you earn tampering with evidence charges, up to 20 years felony.
- eertami 6y agoSurely it has to be actual evidence before you "tamper" with it. If I delete a file on my computer today that would be potentially "evidence" if seized, and the police come knocking tomorrow, I haven't committed a crime by using my personal computer in the past.
- rasz 6y agoDEF CON 23 - Zoz - And That's How I Lost My Other Eye...Explorations in Data Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpX8YvNg6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpX8YvNg6Y
- Mandatum 6y agoHacking with Ramzy.. 14 years old now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4