Presented at
Kiwicon 6: The Con of the Beast (2012),
Nov. 18, 2012, 2:45 p.m.
(30 minutes)
Gordon Moore once said that "The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year..." We have no idea what that means, but since he said it we've noticed that computers keep getting smaller, faster and cheaper. Over the past few years, we've seen a lot of tiny, low power single board computers make their way into the hands of hobbyists - and hackers. Capable of running a mainstream OS and software - usually Linux - the potential for these devices as tools of hackery is wide and varied. Andrew will talk about some of things he's done with these diminutive devices, some of the commercially sold miniature hack tools, and will demo some of his own gadgets, including the OpenMoko FreeRunner, BeagleBoard and the recently famous Raspberry Pi.
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Andrew "lizardb0y" Stephen
Andrew is a corporate security sellout by day, but by night he tinkers with gadgets, collects early home computers and watches a bit of telly. Having programmed his first computer at age 9 he abandoned programming in his early 20's to become a network monkey and Unix Sysadmin. Mainly because, as a programmer, he was actually supposed to deliver something. For the past decade and a bit Andrew's been pretending to specialise in information security, a pretence he's maintained by working as a security architect, studying security, and speaking publically about business security issues. His greatest wish is to con somebody else into paying his mortgage while he dons argyle sweater, horn-rimmed glasses and quietly curates a museum of computing history.
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