Archived 11-Year-Old Shocks Cybersecurity Experts: Anything on Wi-Fi Can Be Weaponized (theantimedia.org)
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Archived 11-Year-Old Shocks Cybersecurity Experts: Anything on Wi-Fi Can Be Weaponized (theantimedia.org)
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[–] canbot 3 points -1 points 2 points (+2|-3) ago
Bullshit clickbait. The kid did not shock any security experts. What he did was trivial. He did not demonstrate that Wi-Fi is in any way faulty or that anything could be weaponized. Those are just buzzwords they use to sound scary to dumb people.
A hacked toy bear is not a weapon. The vulnerabilities of the bear are not inherent in it's Wi-Fi but in it's software. While you can argue that anything can be hacked given enough time, this kid did not hack the bear; he used a known exploit. Someone else hacked the bear, years ago, posted it to the internet. Then this kid stumbled upon it and recreated it in front of an audience of people who probably rolled their eyes and then clapped for the little kid.