2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE

What should be secret AWS and API keys were (un)secured with the default password credentials: “admin” as the name, “admin” for a password. Continue reading 2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE

Hackaday Prize Entry: A Mobile Electric Gate

Electric gates can be an excellent labor-saving device, allowing one to remain in a vehicle while the gate opens and closes by remote activation. However, it can become somewhat of a hassle juggling the various remotes and keyfobs required, so [bredman] devised an alternative solution – controlling an electric gate over the mobile network.

20 years ago, this might have been achieved by wiring a series of relays up to the ringer of a carphone. These days, it’s a little more sophisticated – a GSM/GPRS module is connected to an Arduino Nano. When an incoming call is detected, the gate …read more

Continue reading Hackaday Prize Entry: A Mobile Electric Gate