http://www.metafilter.com/tags/davidosmo Posts tagged with 'davidosmo' at MetaFilter. Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:11:22 -0800 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:11:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31047/All%2DYour%2DBraille%2DAre%2DBelong%2DTo%2DUs <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/phreaks.html?tw=wn_tophead_6">Three Blind Phreaks, See How They Scam ...</a> <small>The Badirs pulled off Mamet-worthy phone cons, employing cell phones, Braille-display computers, ace code-writing skills, and an uncanny ability to impersonate anyone from corporate suits to sex-starved females. On the phone, the brothers morph into verbal 007s, intimidating men, seducing women, and wheedling classified information from steely-voiced security personnel [...] An intense cat-and-mouse game developed: the Badirs on one side, with fraud investigator David Osmo and prosecutor Doron Porat on the other [...] his car's GPS system and email were repeatedly hacked. "There was a message waiting for him with his password in it," says Ramy, sounding quite pleased. "After that, he changed his password every hour before giving up on email altogether and using a typewriter."<small></small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31047 Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:11:22 -0800 badir blind braille cracking davidosmo doronporat hacking phreak phreaking Blue Stone