[The Register] Brit hardware hacker turns Raspberry Pi Zeros into selfie slayers

[The_Librarian]

Kiwicon Hipsters and selfie addicts beware: infosec man Steve Lord has crafted a tool designed to sever your line of addiction to Instagram by quietly blocking it over public Wi-Fi.

The British security bod built the Raspberry Pi Zero-powered "hipster slayer" out of nothing more than off-the-shelf components and "questionable life choices." The gizmo will continually deny people's attempts to connect to Instagram and other social media vanity sites.

It works by sniffing for DNS lookups on open wireless networks, and when it detects someone trying to access a hated website, special networking frames are sent to the person's PC or handheld instructing it to immediately leave the network. The vast majority of devices comply with these orders.

It is exceptionally effective at selfie-drenched "music" festivals and coffee shops.

The link : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/02/british_hacker_turns_raspberry_pi_zeros_into_selfie_slayers/

 

[The_Librarian]

can think of other nefarious uses for said selfie slayer

 

[Baxteen]

I want one.

 

[kidcolt]

Why ?? Not that I don't like dislike the selfie idiots as much as the next guy. But the moment I force my conviction of what is allowable and not in public space on others, I become worst that the dictator want-2-be's in power that I complain about... One of the burdens of living in a truly free society... is the requirement that one sometimes needs to protect an *******s right to be an *******...