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Comment Re:Adam Savage of Mythbusters (Score 3, Informative) 342

by smilinggoat on Saturday December 11, 2010 @07:08PM (#34526042) Attached to: Backscatter X-Ray Machines Easily Fooled

Actually, you sir, are incorrect. If you watch the video, you can note he specifically says he walked through the body scanner and he found the blades on his person. There were some airports that the TSA was testing the scanners in when this was filmed back in May.

Comment Adam Savage of Mythbusters (Score 3, Insightful) 342

by smilinggoat on Saturday December 11, 2010 @05:05PM (#34525404) Attached to: Backscatter X-Ray Machines Easily Fooled

Adam Savage of Mythbusters walked through a backscatter with two 12" razor blades and they never noticed.

Submission + - Stephen Fry and DVD Jon back USB Sniffer Project (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 26, 2010 @04:52AM

An anonymous reader writes: bushing and pytey of the iPhone DevTeam and Team Twiizers have created a Kickstarter project to fund the build of an open-source/open-hardware high-speed USB protocol analyzer. The board features a high-speed USB 2.0 sniffer that will help with the reverse engineering of proprietary USB hardware, the project has gained the backing from two high-profile individuals Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon) and Actor and Comedian Stephen Fry

Comment The tinfoil manufacturers (Score 5, Funny) 550

by smilinggoat on Friday February 20, 2009 @10:21PM (#26937793) Attached to: Who Poses the Greatest Threat To Your Privacy?

If they start contaminating our tin foil, how will we make our tin foil hats?!

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