If hackers want what’s on your computer, chances are they can find a way to get it. But what about your non-digital goods? Like, the ones you keep in a safe at home?
Turns out those aren’t that secure, either.
This was made abundantly clear at the 25th annual DEF CON in Las Vegas, where professional tinkerer and founder of SparkFun Electronics Nathan Seidle could be found demonstrating an open source safe-cracking robot.
Costing around $200 to build, the device uses magnets to attach to the exterior of a safe and is run by an Arduino microcontroller.Oh, and it’s very portable. Like, carry around in a backpack as you sneak into a house portable. What’s more, the robot basically runs itself.
“We wanted to make this thing as autonomous as possible,” he told the gathered crowd. And autonomous it is: You just hit the red button, and off it…
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