FBI Tracking Device Teardown
Our pals at iFixit have scored a pretty sweet scoop with this photo-dissection of the guts of an official FBI bumper-beeper.
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Tamper “proof” screws pool on Flickr
I have a little box in the top drawer of my workbench that I think of as a kind of miniature trophy room. Every time I successfully remove a tamper-resistant, “security,” or other PITA fastener, I toss it in the box.
DIY iPhone RFID reader
Maker Benjamin Blundell built a DIY iPhone RFID reader and documented the process on his website.
VOIP ideal for hiding secret messages?
The 50-cent word here is “steganography,” which per Wikipedia is “the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message.” You may have heard, for instance, that you can encode a hidden message in, say, an image file, in such a way that no one who wasn’t looking for it would know that it’s there.
Well, this morning Danger Room linked to a post at IEEE Spectrum to the effect that Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is particularly susceptible to steganographic hijinks. Wired’s David Pierce put it this way:
Weekend Project: Homebrew Alarm Purse
The Homebrew Alarm Purse is a simple, fashionable way to add an audible alarm to your purse. Thanks go to Norene Leddy for the original article in MAKE, Volume 19. To download The Homebrew Alarm Purse video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Alarm Purse article in MAKE, Volume 19 and […]
Weekend Project: Homebrew Alarm Purse (PDF)
The Alarm Purse is a simple, fashionable way to add an audible alarm to your handbag. Thanks go to Norene Leddy for the original article in MAKE, Volume 19. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Working printed handcuff key
A German hacker named Ray has printed a working handcuff key, to the Dutch national pattern, on his RepRap. You can download the .STL file here. Not that we encourage that sort of thing. <SUBLIMINAL>Do it do it do it do it.</SUBLIMINAL> [via Boing Boing]
