Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Sjogelid, Stefan
• Contents: Table of Contents; Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents; Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Getting Up to No Good; A brief history lesson on the Pi; The ins and outs of the Raspberry Pi; GPIO; RCA video; Audio; LEDs; USB; LAN; HDMI; Power; SD card. Writing Raspbian OS to the SD cardGetting Raspbian; SD card image writing in Windows; SD card image writing in Mac OS X or Linux; Booting up and configuring Raspbian; Basic commands to explore your Pi; Accessing the Pi over the network using SSH; Wired network setup; Wi-Fi network setup; Connecting to the Pi from Windows; Connecting to the Pi from Mac OS X or Linux; The importance of a sneaky headless setup; Keeping your system up-to-date; Summary; 2. Audio Antics; Configuring your audio gadgets; Introducing the ALSA sound system; Controlling the volume. Switching between HDMI and analog audio outputTesting the speakers; Preparing to record; Testing the microphone; Clipping, feedback distortion, and improving sound quality; Recording conversations for later retrieval; Writing to a WAV file; Writing to an MP3 or OGG file; Creating command shortcuts with aliases; Keep your recordings running safely with tmux; Listening in on conversations from a distance; Listening on Windows; Listening on Mac OS X or Linux; Talking to people from a distance; Talking on Windows; Talking on Mac OS X or Linux; Distorting your voice in weird and wonderful ways. Make your computer do the talkingScheduling your audio actions; Start on power up; Start in a couple of minutes from now; Controlling recording length; Bonus one line sampler; Summary; 3. Webcam and Video Wizardry; Setting up your camera; Meet the USB Video Class drivers and Video4Linux; Finding out your webcam's capabilities; Capturing your target on film; Viewing your webcam in VLC media player; Viewing in Windows; Viewing in Mac OS X; Viewing on Linux; Recording the video stream; Recording in Windows; Recording in Mac OS X; Recording in Linux; Detecting an intruder and setting off an alarm. Creating an initial Motion configurationTrying out Motion; Collecting the evidence; Viewing the evidence; Hooking up more cameras; Preparing a webcam stream in Windows; Preparing a webcam stream in Mac OS X; Configuring Motion for multiple input streams; Building a security monitoring wall; Turning your TV on or off using the Pi; Scheduling video recording or staging a playback scare; Summary; 4. Wi-Fi Pranks -- Exploring your Network; Getting an overview of all the computers on your network; Monitoring Wi-Fi airspace with Kismet; Preparing Kismet for launch; First Kismet session.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (206 pages)
• Subjects: 004.16; COMPUTERS -- Operating Systems -- Linux; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- Personal Computers -- General; Raspberry Pi (Computer); Practical jokes; Surveillance detection; Electronic surveillance; Raspberry Pi (Computer); Practical jokes; Surveillance detection; Electronic surveillance; COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Electronic surveillance; Practical jokes; Raspberry Pi (Computer); Surveillance detection; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- Peripherals; COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Python; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784391386
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