IP: EtherPeg montages of web surfing during conference keynote

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Wish EtherPeg was OSX compatible  djf


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From: "Tim O'Reilly" <tim@oreilly.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:09:49 -0700
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: EtherPeg montages of web surfing during conference keynote

Dave,

People like Dan Gillmor have recently pointed out how live weblogging during
conferences is changing the way people speak, given real time feedback, or
at least knowing that it's happening out there in the audience.

In this context, I wanted to point out an amazing article by Rob Flickenger,
who used the Mac OS X hack EtherPeg (which uses a packet sniffer to pick up
GIFs and JPEGs off a LAN) to develop montages of the web surfing images
coming over a wireless LAN during a conference keynote.

Rob's article is an amazing piece of writing, a demonstration of a cool Mac
OS X and wireless hack, and a thought-provoking demonstration of the privacy
implications of open wireless networks, all in one.

The article is called "Tapping the alpha geek noosphere with EtherPEG."
It's at http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1414.  This is really
mind-bending and brings the new reality of wireless networks in public
spaces viscerally home.


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