When Steve Jobs singled out Steve Wozniak as his “partner in crime” at yesterday’s event , he wasn’t just speaking figuratively. Here’s Woz recounting the time he, Jobs, and the infamous Captain Crunch got picked up by the police for phreaking. More
Posts Tagged ‘hacking’
Why Won’t Russia Bust Its Hackers? [Security]
In November, 2009, U.S. authorities identified BadB, one of the internet’s most ingenious financial criminals, as 27-year-old Moscow resident Vladislav Horohorin. He was recently arrested in France.
E-voting whistleblower Hari Prasad arrested, taken to Mumbai for questioning
In America, when you demonstrate what a racket e-voting is, you get to play Pac-Man . In India? You just might get arrested.
PS3 modchip claims to finally allow backing up games without invasive console surgery (video)
Who needs George Hotz anyway? A USB modchip for the PS3 has emerged from the mists this morning, purporting to allow the dumping of games onto nearby storage — the console’s internal HDD and external drives are both a-ok — as well as the subsequent playing of said games without the need for the original disc. Could it be the backup/piracy nirvana Sony loyalists have been awaiting for so long?
iSpot’s Apple-Only Restriction Easily Hacked Away [Clear]
Remember Clear’s WiMax hotspot —the one allegedly “optimized” for Apple devices? And by optimized for, they meant restricted to?
U.S. law allows the “Hacking” and “Jailbreaking”
Hacking activity is considered as an underground movement because it is illegal. However, now legal in the U.S. has legalized hacking, at least for some reasonable cause. It is listed in the revision of the digital copyright laws or Digital [...]