The Tim Ferriss Show

By Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

#74: How a Computer Hacker Optimizes Online Dating, Opens Locked Cars, and Hijacks Drones

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Published May 01, 2015 9:46pm

Samy Kamkar is one of the most innovative and notorious computer hackers in the United States. He’s also a well-known whistleblower. If you want how Samy hacks everything from online dating to car alarms, this episode is for you. He is best known for creating the fastest spreading virus of all time, a MySpace worm named “Samy.” He got raided by the United States Secret Service for that one. More recently, he’s created SkyJack, a custom drone that hacks into any nearby drones, allowing him (or any operator) to control a swarm of devices; and Evercookie, which appeared in top-se...

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