Press Archive
The Amp Hour
We welcome our guest this week: Joe Grand! Hardware hacker, electrical engineer, and former TV host!
[ continue ]The Usual Suspects Radio Show
Audio: Please follow the link to listen.
[ continue ]Dark Reading
If you’re looking for security vulnerabilities on your laptop, there’s a new spot to check: the battery.
[ continue ]AFP
DEFCON hackers will share their skills with the next generation at a first-ever children’s version of the infamous gathering of software renegades, lock pickers and social engineers.
[ continue ]When Gadgets Betray Us
In the summer of 2009, researcher Joe Grand figured out how to get unlimited free parking within the city of San Francisco. He created a counterfeit card worth $999.99. He also found he could freeze that maximum value – not have it decrease with each use – and thus make his one-time-use card eternal. This would give him free parking in San Francisco forever – except Joe Grand isn’t a thief.
[ continue ]