Hack
October 20, 2003 02:07 PM

Whit Diffie used a clever hack at Pop!Tech to disable the nTag badges.

The nTag sleep attack:

Early on during the conference, Whit Diffie hacked his nTag badge to send a sleep command to any nTag badge in range, effectively deactivating them … Someone asked at the end of the conference if sending a sleep command constituted an attack (When Sleep Attacks!).

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