jedidove wrote:
That being said, electronics are the opposite. Hacking is in. The youth of this age are pervaded by it. Plus there all good at it and it doesn't take much time to learn. There is something about it that draws so many, especially younger, people. I say this from experience, I am young and most certainly drawn to the hacking world. I have performed my few little tricks (though never maliciously) and although they aren't on the same level as true hackers, I feel the urge they feel and know why they do it.
You're not talking about hacking. The kind of technology manipulation that usually causes harm/damage and "doesn't take much time to learn" is not hacking at all. The correct term is Cracking, and crackers are not supported in the hacking community. They are looked down upon and are made fun of because of their lack of skill. Anyone can download a keylogger and send it to someone – but hacking their server that holds their password takes time, effort, and skill (unless the server is poorly protected).
Any experienced hacker would tell you that it takes years to develop a true understanding of their craft. And at the rate that technology evolves, they must constantly study for new additions. Dedicated hackers tend to have engineering degrees, or at the least have taken classes in network security. Some of the best are self taught, through trial and error and operating manuals.
jedidove wrote:No hacker feels accomplished breaking their own security and they don't set up security to try and break it. They target the security of others.
Of course not, because anyone who puts into place a security measure will likely know it's flaws and weaknesses. When you put a lock on your door/bike/ect chances are you know exactly how secure it is and given time could pick it yourself. Wouldn't you be more interested in how long it would take for another skilled picker to enter? The same is true for hackers. You may ask a hacker friend to test your security, you feel accomplished when they have trouble bypassing the measures you've put into place. They may glide right past them, challenging you to put into place more secure measures, to be tested at another time. Pride and accomplishment can both come from this.
jedidove wrote:There are "white hat" hackers but most hackers are "black hats". When some kid sees a new invention like this it will be hacked sooner than the first lockie attempted to slide a pick into a medeco. Look what happened to the iPhone.
This is so very very wrong. White Hat hackers significantly outnumber black hats. To say that someone who disassembles and discovers flaws in a system is a black hat hacker is a misnomer. Any open source software (like linux for example) is developed and maintained by a "hacker" community. Their discoveries in system performance and security flaws leads to better, more secure versions of the software. These people selflessly volunteer their time toward this cause, and to call them Black Hat is an insult.
Any black hat hacker, manipulates technology for only
their benefit. They're not the sharing type, and communities of black hat hackers are scarce.
Don't forget, that picking locks is nothing more then physical hacking.
But back on subject- this concept was actually posted on a hacker blog about a year ago. It did not use a knocking device, but instead a standard knuckle knock. The primary security flaw for that concept was that it had to be hard wired to the house for powersupply. Proper manipulation of these wires provided entry.
The knocker is too big, and I feel that it's no more secure then the standard keypad. Anyone with a scope can watch you push in your code (especially if the pad is that large), then come up with their own "knocker" and enter.
