recruiter

This was not one of my challenges, but I found the sucess of it satidfying none the less.
I have been getting the run around from a certain gate keeper at a hedge fund in long island that I want to work at. The gate keeper refuses to give me the name, email, or phone number of the recruiter that I will need to speak to in order to set up an interview. This fund usually seeks out it's own candidates, and does not take resume submissions. So I went on the Hoovers and manged to guess that name of the recruiter based off of the information provided about the company executives. I emailed the gate keeper from another email account and claimed to have lost the recruiters email, (provided the recruiters name and rank) and the gate keeper happily forwarded me all of the information I needed.
I have an interview set up next friday in Long Island.
Was this wrong?
- General Fuchia

How to make moral arguments

Get someone to hand you an unlocked phone

Out of all the challenges that I've had thus far, this was easily the one that was simplest to accomplish.  I simply walked up to multiple people and said that my phone had died, and I needed to make a brief call.  Out of 10 people that I tried it with, 8 of them unlocked their phones and handed it to me, 1 didn't have a password on their phone and handed it to me, and the last did not have any minutes left on their monthly plan and would not let me use their phone.  To test the limits of their humanity, I told them that my wife was pregnant (absolutely untrue) and that she was supposed to be in labor any minute.  She thought about it for about 10 seconds and still denied me the phone with a guilty look on her face. I was considering offering her money to cover the overage, but I felt guilty enough having conned her and making her feel awkward and uncomfortable.

Reminder: Test Tomorrow

Hi all!  This is a reminder that we will begin class tommorrow with a test that you will have about 1.5 hrs to complete.  Please do not be late or miss class or you will miss the exam.

Thanks!

Get _____'s Mother's Maiden Name

The person involved in this hack shall remain nameless because I'm still not aware of their class alias. This was one of two big problems I had with this hack. The second was the fairly personal bit of information I was to acquire. Even if I was able to engage this person in an extended conversation, I honestly couldn't dream up how to get around to extracting this tidbit.

My solution to the first problem was to E-mail their BHCC E-mail address. Many thanks to Mr. Pinkish for telling me about the smart phone app Mox. Somehow this app, using your bhcc credentials, allows you to access class rosters.

In the end I decided to simply ask for the information. I did this in the form of a user agreement. We all do this with companies in regards to our personal information. I believe the common naming convention is "EULA" for "End User License Agreement". Basically, you agree to provide information to a company which will us it for various purposes, and they agree not to sell or mis-use it.

I have not gotten a reply from our classmate yet, so I'm going to call this hack a failure. I really wish this had succeeded though because it could be a basis for working together during the semester.

Weekly hack-mission for 2/11. M.O

This weeks hack was "Take a picture of a classmates license plate".

I was, at first, ready to follow through with this task and stalked an unsuspecting classmate  through the main exit where I watched them board the T.

I went back to slink around outside the classroom to wait for my next mark!

I soon started to question the virtue of my mission as a twinge of discomfort set in - realizing I was being rather stalkery. But, looking back I would have gone through with the  assignment if my classmates didn't spend a lifetime in the computer lab.

Mission failed. But hey, I tried. Does anyone in this class even drive to campus?

M.O

Aaron Swartz

badman thiefFebruary 4, 2013 at 4:16 PM

 

 

Swartz was an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer, and Internet activist, who was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS, the website framework web.py, and the social news site Reddit, in which he was an equal partner after a merger with his Infogami company. He also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism. In 2010 he became a research fellow at Harvard University’s Safra Center for Ethics, directed by Lawrence Lessig. He founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act, and later worked with the activist groups Rootstrikers and Avaaz. He also was a contributing editor to The Baffler. He co-founded the “Demand Progress”, an advocacy group that organizes people online to take action by contacting Congress and other leaders, funding pressure tactics, and spreading the word about civil liberties, government reform, and other issues.

Why do we care?

Man’s Ego and the quest for power and authority is a very big player in the unfolding of events the world over. This has led to the introduction of laws to control man and whatever he has to do. Why can’t we live in a free world without any laws? The problems with the criminal justice system and hacking laws in particular, can create depression in the tech world. The state piles up a lot of charges that make you freak out. The state has a lot of uncalled for authority. Many a time, issues are blown out of proportion. Why, when i am arrested for a hacking offense, other than being charged for one offense, i for example, end up being charged with 20 counts? Such issues end up leaving one traumatized, stigmatized, and or victimized for a case that would otherwise have been handled differently, costing you a lot in terms of money and time. If you do not have the money, then you either die of stress and depression, or you commit suicide. I have every reason to believe that Swartz committed suicide because of a combination of the factors above.

When I use steroids to win a competition, it’s only logical that if you think that you are better than me, then use them too, and challenge me to a competition, Other than pressing charges on me and bringing me down, when u can’t do what I can in the first place.

The state should keep to itself. It should not interfere with our lives. If I can successfully hack in your network system, then just be nice to me and invite me for a cup of coffee, because I will have shown you where the vulnerability in your system lies.
Why should we bring down people who only prove a point? Why why why?
I rest my case.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/02/aaron-swartzs-girlfriend-convinced-depression-didnt-drive-him-suicide/61766/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz