Wednesday, November 11, 2015
This device lets users access WiFi anonymously
Launch of the $200 device cancelled mysteriously
Red signal given to the sale and distribution of the Proxyham, anonymous Internet surfing device, source code and blueprints a month before launch.
Benjamin Caudill, security researcher from Rhino Security Labs released Proxyham to the world at the start of this month, a device which can be slotted into a book and squirrelled away in a separate place from the operator so as to fool Internet traffic tracking mechanisms.
Proxyham is made up of Raspberry Pi PC and antennas. It operates through low-frequency radio channels to join public Wi-Fi hotspots up to 4 kms far, and if a user's signature is detected, the IP address which is traced is from the Proxyham box which can be planted far..far away from the operator.
Caudill said, "You can have it all the way across town, and worst case scenario the police go barge into the library across town." This itself is an indication to why the device's launch which was meant to take place at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas next month, has been stopped for sale and promotion.
Rhino Labs said via Twitter "Effective immediately, we are halting further dev on Proxyham and will not be releasing any further details or source for the device."
However, what has been stopped is not just the production. Def Con attendees will obviously be upset, but units which were originally intended for distribution at the seminar will no longer be in reach.
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