#Winnebago

xek (👻🏴‍☠️👻)xek@hachyderm.io
2025-05-11

Happy Mother's Day: don't forget to call Mother! Indulge in the conspiracy theories for a bit while Mother finds the pair to intercept down in the vault.

And to any Mothers reading: I hope you get your fully-equipped Winnebago, with a big kitchen, waterbed, AM/FM/CD, and microwave. #HappyMothersDay #Sneakers #BestHackerMovieOfAllTime #Winnebago

Screenshot of Dan Akroyd's character Mother, in 1992's "Sneakers," which is the single best hacking movie of all time.

In this picture, he's down inside a utility vault, wearing a call-center style boom mic headset under a blue hardhat.  He's using the receiver half of a  toner on a telephone system punch panel, while Whistler listens to the audio back in the van over the radio link.  They're identifying which copper pair is carrying the data signal they want to intercept by ear.

On the helmet is a beat up "UNION YES" sticker, next to a very large San Jose Sharks sticker.  The former is good social engineering practice; the latter is noteworthy because the Sharks were a new expansion team in the 91-92 season, so this was bleeding-edge Silicon Valley awareness.
Allyn (she/her)natureisourmed
2025-05-11

Threeeeeeee! Back on track with a more typical lineup!

Allyn (she/her)natureisourmed
2025-02-24

And in good news, I fixed my window shade. One of the screws came out and the whole thing came down. Not a shock, it is a moving house.

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