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ProxyHam Project and Def Con Talk Canceled Under Questionable Circumstances

posted by n1 on Tuesday July 14 2015, @05:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-can't-have-nice-things dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

ProxyHam was a device that would let you share internet over traditional radio frequencies, enabling a user to be miles from the actual internet connection. A good tool for anonymity. It was supposed to be featured at Def Con, but has suddenly been shut down. All devices have been destroyed, no details will be released, according to the twitter of Rhino Security, the company behind the device.

This is possibly a National Security Letter, but due to their nature it's pretty hard to get that confirmed.

So if patents were not a problem, and if the FCC wasn't a problem - as confirmed by Caudill himself, why was this tool forced out of the public's reach? We may never know.

[...] For the record, I asked Caudill about getting a NSL, Caudill would only answer, "No comment."

I'd like to know what the commenters think. Was this actually rubbish like the AnonaBox and is this their elegant way to bow out? Or was this actually a solution that worked, and hence got shut down? Considering the fact these dudes wanted to demonstrate it at Def Con, it appears pretty legitimate.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tibman on Tuesday July 14 2015, @02:42PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 14 2015, @02:42PM (#208901)

    And why is it not clear to the U.S that there are places other than the U.S inhabited by smart people?

    The goal was to get smart people not in the US to permanently move to the US. I think the government and industry became confused and are now getting that backwards. Entertainment has stolen the idea though and buys its sports players now.

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