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Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

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post #4

How did some scanner not think this weird bundle of electronics was a bomb? Or at least cause some one to inspect it closely.

People send battery laden electronics through the mail all the time. It's about all Sparkfun ever ships. Doesn't seem to be a problem.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#32

This seems fishy to me. On a 6-sided package, why is the pinhole side always facing the action? Why is the shot never blocked by another package?

Seems like it would be more difficult to fake all of the different locations and people, than simply mail a box with a camera in it.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#33
post #15

Cool video and idea on the mailing system. Looks to be in a country that is not the U.S., maybe European??? Anyway, a U.S. version would be pretty cool to see as well.

It is Denmark, very likely Copenhagen. I am Danish and recognise things such as Danske Bank, in the beginning of the video, Post Danmark and so forth :)

Funnily enough, my first thought was that it must have been in the UK, but also because of the Danske Bank -- one of the largest banks here in Northern Ireland. Post Danmark gave it away though.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#34

This seems fishy to me. On a 6-sided package, why is the pinhole side always facing the action? Why is the shot never blocked by another package?

He edited out the boring parts, no one wants to watch a wall for 2 hours. Also he probably had a notice on the package to keep one side facing the top, at one point a machine did flip it over.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#35
This is something I need to do in my country, I have developed resentment towards Sepomex (Servicio Postal Mexicano / Mexican Postal Service), due to the way they treat my packages.

What I hate the most is that companies like DHL that are established in Mexico, will use their own service in the country the delivery is being paid, but when the package reaches Mexico, they give the package to Sepomex, which basically defeats the purpose of using a different company...

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#36
post #4

How did some scanner not think this weird bundle of electronics was a bomb? Or at least cause some one to inspect it closely.

Why would they even know what's in the package? It shouldn't be going through any kind of xray machine.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#37
This has come through before, I wondered then if, had this been done in the US, the last bit of video would be the bomb robot coming up and shooting the package with a shotgun :-)

I was Fry's the other day and they have "spy pens" (those pocket video cameras) and I thought it would be an interesting way to do this project. Basically put one camera on each corner of the box (four sided) and then edit the camera contents together once you got to the destination (eliminating the boring /not useful bits).

I saw an interesting hack at a dinner the other day which used a camera and a 6DOF attitude sensor, to post transform the camera input so that it was always "up" (basically if you turn the camera upside down the orientation of the picture doesn't change). It seemed like a pretty cool application of these cheap orientation sensors to cameras.

Re: Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process

#39
post #4

How did some scanner not think this weird bundle of electronics was a bomb? Or at least cause some one to inspect it closely.

The picture on hackaday was of the inside of the box. Ruben's site shows more pictures of how the box looked closed.

http://www.rubenvandervleuten.com/AtoB.html

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