swarfendor437 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994&urlHash=2.4127326945481807E-301 Basically, guy changes motherboard - then legit transactions are deemed fraudulent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Your link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osrit Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Fixed link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21058994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarfendor437 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thanks for the correction John - I e-mailed the link from work in my lunch break so I could share it here. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatshmeat Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 so swapping your motherboard is classed as 'hacking' nowadays ! BBC British Bull**** Corporation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 so swapping your motherboard is classed as 'hacking' nowadays ! BBC British Bull**** Corporation What a weird thing to say. I thought the article was interesting, as swarfendor43 promised, and the use of the word in context quite appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What a weird thing to say. I thought the article was interesting, as swarfendor43 promised, and the use of the word in context quite appropriate. It's one of the few examples in the mainstream media of using the original meaning for hacking rather than using the word for what should more correctly be called cracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the link. I'm interested in this bit: That's important, he said, because the address on that component, the MAC address, is logged along with an Internet Protocol (IP) address when a computer goes online. Everything that connects to the net needs an IP address so data can reach the right destination. If I have a website, and someone loads a page up in their browser, I know I can access their IP address ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']); is it also possible to get their MAC address too? Maybe it's not possible to get the client MAC address? Also, is it possible for a website to get anything else machine related to form the basis of a hardware fingerprint? Edited January 30, 2013 by Waldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Thanks for the link. I'm interested in this bit: That's important, he said, because the address on that component, the MAC address, is logged along with an Internet Protocol (IP) address when a computer goes online. Everything that connects to the net needs an IP address so data can reach the right destination. If I have a website, and someone loads a page up in their browser, I know I can access their IP address; is it also possible to get their MAC address too? I noticed that. It could certainly make the 'defence' that "it was my kids that downloaded all that music" a bit flaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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