DEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse

Why HN readers recommended it

HN brings it up in any thread about elevators or physical security as a fascinating, entertaining deep dive.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

DEFCONConference

Topic

elevator hacking

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• If you liked the original post, you will probably LOVE this DEFCON talk about elevator hacking: [VIDEO] It also gives a lot of fascinating information about elevators in general and specific operation modes. e.g. there is a "riot mode" where the elevator goes to every …

• If you like elevator hacking don’t forget the seminal DEF CON talk by Deviant Ollam and Howard Payne: [VIDEO] I watch it like once a year because it always tickles some part of me. Like all the different modes you can get an elevator into. …

• I realise the thread is phone phreaking related and that was kind of the point of your post; but in the spirit of the talk below to think more outside the box... There's a pretty good chance in many cases you can just open the …