The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
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Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#2So, not just a Pi-Hole as I immediately first assumed.
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#3Author of the article here. Since I first published this blog post I was getting messages from people asking how it ended.
Sadly it's pretty anticlimactic as the owner of the place had a meeting with the guy who put the Pi there (without me as he didn't want the Pi-dropper to feel ambushed) and in the end decided not to escalate it to legal and just basically told him to pack his things and get out.
So no legal after play and just a slap on the wrist
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#4Ah damn, I didn't want the story to be over. That was a good read!
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#5Author of the article here. Since I first published this blog post I was getting messages from people asking how it ended. Sadly it's pretty anticlimactic as the owner of the place had a meeting with the guy who put the Pi there (without me as he didn't want the Pi-dropper to feel ambushed) and in the end decided not to escalate it to legal and just basically told him to pack his things and get out. So no legal after…
Did you ever find out what it did there exactly?
Like, what it collected and what the "gifted person" wanted to do with that data?
edit: Thanks for the write-up btw. Was a nice read, although a bit short (which is the story's fault I guess)
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#6The nRF52832-MDK has neither WiFi nor RFID capabilities
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#7original discussion, 154 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18919129
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#8Author of the article here. Since I first published this blog post I was getting messages from people asking how it ended. Sadly it's pretty anticlimactic as the owner of the place had a meeting with the guy who put the Pi there (without me as he didn't want the Pi-dropper to feel ambushed) and in the end decided not to escalate it to legal and just basically told him to pack his things and get out. So no legal after…
Did you ever find out what it did there exactly? Like, what it collected and what the "gifted person" wanted to do with that data? edit: Thanks for the write-up btw. Was a nice read, although a bit short (which is the story's fault I guess)
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Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#9The nRF52832-MDK has neither WiFi nor RFID capabilities
The chip has 13.56MHz RFID capabilities but obviously needs to be attached to an appropriate antenna which this dongle does not have.
Re: The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
#10That one really felt like a written-version of a Mr. Robot episode.
Lovely!