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When the Telescope stepper motors suddenly start playing 8bit music (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
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[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Aren't star name public?

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yes, and they make for awful passwords as a result. Ergo... Are stepper motors an instrument?

[–] enbee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No but they can be given instructions that generate tones. The joke is that the star name dict got the pen testers in and they ran code to make the motors generate chiptunes.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

(I know, I was spelling it out for the person above me, also referencing Patrick Star)

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks, I didn't realise that it was a dictionary attack meme.

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