Elliot and Dan got together to enshrine the week’s hacks in podcast form, and to commiserate about their respective moms, each of whom recently fell victim to phishing attacks. It’s not easy being ad hoc tech support sometimes, and as Elliot says, when someone is on the phone telling you that you’ve been hacked, he’s the hacker. Moving on to the hacks, we took a look at a hacking roadmap for a cheap ham radio, felt the burn of AM broadcasts, and learned how to program old-school EPROMs on the cheap.
We talked about why having a smart TV in your house might not be so smart, especially for Windows users, and were properly shocked by just how bad wireless charging really is. Also, cheap wind turbines turn out to be terrible, barnacles might give a clue to the whereabouts of MH370, and infosec can really make use of cheap microcontrollers.
Grab a copy for yourself if you want to listen offline.
Episode 268 Show Notes:
News:
What’s that Sound?
- Congrats to [Medic456] for recognizing a radio time signal — in this case DCF77.
- Radio Station WWV: All Time, All The Time, which was Dan’s guess.
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- How Wireless Charging Works And Why It’s Terrible
- Reverse Engineering The Quansheng Hardware
- Your Smart TV Does 4K, Surround Sound, Denial-of-service…
- Radio Frequency Burns, Flying A Kite, And You
- Flute Now Included On List Of Human Interface Devices
- Relatively Universal ROM Programmer Makes Retro Tech Hacking Accessible
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks
- Dan’s Picks:
Can’t-Miss Articles:
If we ever see it in use, we’ll know who’s behind the online alias BarnacleAnatomy.
Wireless charging has always sucked, the ineffeciences and losses have been know for decades and the who wireless power thing was put on hold.
Wireless electricity transmission is and will always be a scam.
Good looking programmer there, Elliot :)
Not quite as neat as yours, but it’ll do in a pinch.