Hacking and Tech Mischief
Apple Store security negated!
By xmachackerx@hotmail.com 3/5/02 © MacMerc.com
Here's the warning: MacMerc.com and all of its writers and publishers DO NOT condone STEALING from Apple Computer, this article is just for the curious minds in our audience. We suggest that you NOT try anything discussed here.
It came to my mind after visiting the local Apple Store that a devious person
could easily suck software (or any sort of file) off of the rows and rows of
fabulous computers, each decked out with super high-speed internet access. At
least at my local store the upstream is at least 50K/s which is pretty zippy.
The downstream is blistering but we don't need to download anything to pull
off this hack. Internet access on ALL of the computers seems really cool, you
can check your email or send an iCard off from the mall. Ohhhh.... Ahhhh....
But to me I saw one thing and one thing only, FREE SOFTWARE.
MacOS X is pretty much the only MacOS that could pull this off so easily. If you have a classic machine that you want stuff off, read Method 2. Included in X is: an FTP server, an HTTP server, compression utilities and an FTP client. These are all of the tools to pull off both of the following methods. Yes, I have tried these at the Apple Store. They could work anywhere with Mac's and broadband but the Apple Store is the most high profile location with both (and lots of goodies to take).
As of press time the methods detailed in this article do work. They may become obsolete once Apple reads this (I'm assuming they will fix this quickly, maybe a mater of hours). So if you are reading this on the day of publication run out to the store and try it out, just don't tell them who sent you :). There is a story circulating that the Apple Store will have Photoshop 7 on their computers.... That might be a nice thing to snatch but again we do not condone stealing. Please do not try this if you aren't prepared to face the consequences.
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