Monday, January 02, 2006

Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams

I'm convinced that hackers will be the next revolutionaries.
Hackers Rebel Against Spy Cams: "Wired is running an article looking at the little ways in which Austrian technology users are striking back against surveillance. From the article: 'Members of the organization worked out a way to intercept the camera images with an inexpensive, 1-GHz satellite receiver. The signal could then be descrambled using hardware designed to enhance copy-protected video as it's transferred from DVD to VHS tape. The Quintessenz activists then began figuring out how to blind the cameras with balloons, lasers and infrared devices. And, just for fun, the group created an anonymous surveillance system that uses face-recognition software to place a black stripe over the eyes of people whose images are recorded.'

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2 Comments:

Blogger Ahmed said...

I agree... hackers are in a great position to combat the tools used by the government to infringe upon personal liberty.

12:13 PM  
Blogger That guy with the top hat said...

holy shit.
somebody actually read something.
of course, it has to be the one article i didn't write. it's just a rss link.

but, yeah, hackers will be the new kings of the earth, too.

we will dominate all life on the planet and make them all pay for given us wedgies and stuffing us in lockers.

31i73 U-|\|y7 !!!

12:09 AM  

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