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We need a tl;dr on this one!


At a very quick skim, seems she detected and decoded the RDS signal in the 57kHz subcarrier of an FM broadcast.

https://www.mediarealm.com.au/articles/fm-rds-radio-data-sys...


That Media Realm site is mine. Thanks for linking! RDS is one of those technologies that’s been around for decades and still amazes people. You can buy hardware encoders for about AU$500 these days, and I love introducing stations to it and getting their name and song data to show up on car radios.


This is the blog post[1] from the presenter explaining part of it, with this request in the messages lol:

- Sad to request, but can you take thisoffline. It is kind of our service you hacked :)

[1]https://www.windytan.com/2013/05/a-determined-hacker-decrypt...


Thank you for that! I didn’t have the patience for the video, but I found her pen-and-paper decryption in that blog post absolutely lovely.


That “take this post down on the first appearance of any complaint from any party” tact sure changed in a hurry, huh


1.75x, I can't watch any video at any other speed at this point.


Ever tried with Louis Rossmanns or Network Chuck videos? I can't watch them at more than 0.75.


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She was aware but the talk is a walk through how easy hacking is. Not giving up and being interested enough to find out more. Really recommend the talk and her blog.


This!

Unless something is theoretical impossible, the only thing stopping a determined hacker is the amount of time and coffee in reserves.


You managed to be incorrect twice in one sentence. Well done. Actually watch the video. It's quite interesting.


enjoy patronising dont you? not well done


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