Forgot your password? Hardware Hacking  + - New Virgin America
planes a hackers paradise  Submitted by Anonymous Coward An
anonymous reader writes "Virgin America's new in-flight
entertainment system "Red," is actually a gigantic sociological
experiment in airborne distributed computing. The plane is full
of networked, Linux-based computers each of the seat backs of
the A319 and A320 jets. Each of the 149 seats will come with a
9-inch touch-sensitive display, a keyboard that can be removed
from the armrest, a 110-volt outlet, an Ethernet jack, and a
U.S.B. port. Made for watching movies, listening to MP3's and
even order food but for a geek returning from a Black Hat
conference it is wonderland. Virgin official are aware of the
security threat, and say that they have a code of conduct and
that they will just have to see what happens. Maybe they will
have a flight Cyber Marshall."  + - Sub. Teacher Vs. Porn
Follow-up  Submitted by Maximum Prophet Maximum Prophet writes
"This is right out of a Kafka novel. The