If you are in the 90s, you certainly know the game Tamagotchi, an online game that gave you the opportunity to take care of a small virtual animal. Recently, Bandai decided to bring this game back to market by launching a limited new version.
These new models have made a big bang especially for the nineties who have memories of this game, but there is another unofficial project, which made Tamagotchi also talked about many sites and platforms on the Internet. Called Pwnagotchi, it was designed in the Tamagotchi style by a hacker who calls himself Evilsocket on Twitter.
What is this project and what is it aimed at? Basically, turning Pi into a Tamagotchi WiFi hunter with the Pwnagotchi project, which includes artificial intelligence capable of "learning" about the wireless environment, and modifying the type of data it receives to improve the chances of success to penetrate Wi-Fi networks.
Instead of eating virtual foods, Pwnagotchi feeds on WiFi networks.Yes Pwnagotchi is a tool designed to hack WiFi (not very traditional). According to his creator, the development of Pwnagotchi depends on his exposure to the WiFi network. Whenever exposed to Wi-Fi networks is easy to penetrate, this tool relies on artificial intelligence to learn.
To make it evolve, users will have to navigate around the city and collect data over a WiFi network that will be used to "feed" Pwnagotchi. This device has an interface that allows users to check the mood of Pwnagotchi according to its activities and level of satisfaction.
Pwnagotchi has a tutorial that allows it to automatically evaluate and change its WiFi environment to increase its chances of capturing as much data as possible.
In a few weeks, Pwnagotchi has seen a tremendous number of users. A community of users from around the world has appeared on the web. They advise on the best way to improve the use of Pwnagotchi.
To use Pwnagotchi, all you need is a Raspberry Pi Zero W, a microSD card with at least 8 GB of storage and an external battery.
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