Tech Terrain

The hardware hacker , often called with a touch of romanticism "hacker" is in collective imagination, a pimply and sickly being who maintains an almost symbiotic relationship with his computer and leads onto the canvas a lawless existence. Although it is probably possible to find specimens that corroborate the stereotype, the world of hacking is complex, it has its own codes and contains within it a variety of trends and behaviors. However, what all hackers have in common is their love of tinkering and it is not limited to playing with lines of code. Unknown to the general public, hardware hacking is to divert it from its primary function of electronic equipment. The hardware is the physical electronic medium, which allows to operate the software. Practicing hardware hacking thus requires a screwdriver and soldering irons as much as a computer keyboard. It is important to understand that the "hacking part" is simply to divert the subject to use any other way o

Aaron Swartz In recent years hacking has been a big part of the media for some time and have been a concern of internet users since their reported formation in 2003. Over time their popularity and following appears to have grown and although arrests have been made and individuals have been seen to be following the group’s activities and encouraging them to continue. As you would expect there are many other people that hope to see the downfall of the group and ensure that they never hack again, but thus far many of their attacks are rumoured or harmless and very few have been seen to cause damage with a wide majority presenting more of a protest than an attack. American legal systems are taking the group very seriously but they are known to be an international organisation, the main problem is that the internet is so big and difficult that no one knows where to find the group, where they communicate, who leads and instructs them or what their objectives are remain unknown. Ar

This video was uploaded on Youtube by BitCrash44 . Here's how the guy describes his feat... "The way it works is pretty simple: plug in my transmitter into the iphone 4 and play back any video clip. You can play it through the ipod feature or through the camera roll. The transmitter instantly sends the video signal to the video repeater and the video repeater overrides any video screen that it's being held next to. It doesn't matter what shape or size the hacked screen is because the video will simply keep its correct dimensions and the rest of the hacked space will stay black. I chose times square for my demo because it has lots of video screens to try it on. It is also one of the most monitored and secured areas in New York City and that made it that much more fun :). You can see in my video that the repeater is pretty powerful but the signal is not very stable yet. I'm working on that. I will post a new video later this week explaining how i made this pro