Comments on: Hacking: The Secret Spice of Modern Storytelling https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 By: ? Writing Links Round Up 1/17 – B. Shaun Smith https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115309 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:07:34 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115309 […] Hacking: The Secret Spice of Modern Storytelling […]

]]> By: annekaelber https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115240 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:50:04 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115240 At a pre-pandemic DefCon, one of the panels was dedicated to hacking sex toys. I still laugh every time I think of that. And yes, that *would* create some definite chicanery.

]]> By: Bob https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115165 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:13:26 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115165 Yes, I wrote a hacker character into my sci-fi/dystopian novella “The Implant.”

]]> By: Jean Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115164 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 04:03:45 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115164 Stephen King used key fob hacking by the bad guy in Mr. Mercedes. The results were bad (as they so often are in Mr. King’s work).

I also suggest leaving credit cards, especially those with chips, in a metal box to keep an RFID reader from harvesting fun things like bank accounts and other info.

]]> By: Donald A Shinn https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115163 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:52:07 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115163 I use a spoofer (an electronic device that can read and recreate radio signals) in the later books in my Sara X series. In book three of the series she uses it to unlock the back hatch of a food delivery truck while a colleague distracts the driver. In book four she uses it to copy the signals from the smartphone of the district attorney to gain entry to his smarthouse.

]]> By: acflory https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115162 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 22:15:55 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115162 lol – thanks for a brilliant article. Being a wee bit paranoid myself, I knew about some of this stuff – e.g. the Alexa debacle – but I definitely did not know about how keyfobs can be hacked, amongst other goodies. And then there’s social media…-facepalm-
We all have the right to choose the degree of risk we’re prepared to take, but most people on or connected to the internet haven’t got a clue about the risks they take every day. To me that’s just ‘head-in-the-sand’ thinking. 🙁

]]> By: Piper Bayard https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115161 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:11:05 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115161 In reply to Jerry Furnell.

Glad you liked the post. Thank you. . . . I wish it were bullshit. Government agencies can absolutely do that.

]]> By: Jerry Furnell https://authorkristenlamb.com/2021/10/hacking-the-secret-spice-of-modern-storytelling/#comment-115160 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:19:43 +0000 https://authorkristenlamb.com/?p=29534#comment-115160 Great post, and yes, I use hacking with my protagonist, Camilla Lee, an MI6 agent. MI6 hack the phones of those they are investigating and are able to look and listen-in 24/7. Probably bullshit, but I make it work.

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