fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Roomhackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down111
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minus-squareDigitalWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·2 years agowait isnt the firestick like a chromecast? how does one even hack with that???
minus-squareech0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoIts a computer. That’s all a hacker needs.
minus-squareAdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoYou can connect bluetooth devices to it and run a browser, command prompt, etc. I’m thinking he used that type of stuff through the firestick.
minus-squareSethayy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoEven supports keyboard and mouse. Itd be annoying as hell to use, but be usable (termux would give you like a full linux experience even)
wait isnt the firestick like a chromecast? how does one even hack with that???
Its a computer. That’s all a hacker needs.
You can connect bluetooth devices to it and run a browser, command prompt, etc. I’m thinking he used that type of stuff through the firestick.
Even supports keyboard and mouse. Itd be annoying as hell to use, but be usable
(termux would give you like a full linux experience even)