Article: 10-Year Old Hacker Demos iOS and Android Exploit at DefCon

[hoekapika]

Metal gear solid 3 u can beat the sniper master by setting the clock a month ahead

[bigliquid530]

I know alot of people are hating on her but she has accomplished alot by the age of 10

[AkkeDaBest]

wonder what were you doing when you were 10..

And I was actually CODING hacks in Visual Basic to a game called WarRock back when I was 10...

[RC_OZ]

"10-minute-long spoken word piece in front of 1,000 people",

That's pretty cool for a 10 year old!

[boxxa]

The title is a bit misleading. I came here thinking that some 10 year old exploited the device itself, not just a improperly coded game.

[hadzo]

Guys stop getting all technical, it's a 10 year old kid unlike most other 10 year old kids. Good luck to her!

[RICO_]

She may not be a hacker, but she already embodies two of the three principal virtues of a programmer,
and "using computers in ways they were not intended" is the garden path from which all hackery springs.

Agreed.

[whereswaldo]

Reminds me of the 'exploit' that people use to keep their iTunes rentals forever (which I believe still works) rent a movie, set your years on the computer's clock back, and keep the rental 'forever'

Or you could set the date a year forward, rent the movie then go back to the real date

[swarley!]

Pretty cool, although it doesn't seem like a "hack" to me. I would label this a "glitch" or "cheat".

Yeah, agreed.
When I think of hacking I think of code and exploits... not a time change.
I did the same at 10
And I am... in no way... a hacker.

[Trex03]

This is pretty cool because of the fact that she's only 10 years old and because she is a very athletic and active girl. This thing obviously isn't anywhere near groundbreaking, but it's still quite interesting.

[syedsufyan]

This is a useless hack. When I had an iPod Touch when I was 9 (I'm twelve right now), I used to do this all the time. I don't know what is so special. I read the title and thought it would be something amazon. And it is not an "exploit"

[back9player]

This is a useless hack. When I had an iPod Touch when I was 9 (I'm twelve right now), I used to do this all the time. I don't know what is so special. I read the title and thought it would be something amazon. And it is not an "exploit"

Because she's 10 AND a girl?

Although I think people should cut her some slack...

[TheDirtyDiddler]

"Waaaaa! This article made me read, and I didn't want to! Do you know how much important stuff I missed out on?!"

Do yourself a favor guys, hack yourselves some free tickets to a weekend at the spa.

[raduga]

When I was a 10 year old girl, I used to hack AOL floppies, and reformat them!!!
And draw KEWT pictures of bunnies in pink highlighter on the sleeve!

But this one time, in band camp, I...

[KartRacer]

She discovered a bug. There is no 'hacking' here. She is not a 'hacker'. She did nothing to modify the game code, she didn't redirect its' functions to accomplish anything that wasn't intended. Why people are giving this girl kudos and calling here a 'hacker' is stupid. Those people are stupid. All this girl did was discover a bug in the software to make crops grow. That's it. Stop giving praise where it isn't warranted.