For those of you not familiar with the term, Rickrolling refers to tricking someone into viewing this:
The fact that the song currently has 85 million hits should tell you how popular Rickrolling people has become.
This one might be the best one ever.
Someone at Bishop Fox (a digital security firm) has found a way to Rickroll Chromecast users.
The method has to do with the way the Chromecast devices works when it first connects to a network.or, more importantly, when reconnecting after losing its connection to that network or to the Internet.
The Chromecast device works like an unsecured wireless router when first connecting. During this period it can be told to connect to any wireless network within its range. The device can also be told to disconnect from the network to which it is currently connected using a wireless signal.
This means it is possible to tell a Chromecast device to disconnect from the owner's wireless router and connect to yours instead. After doing this, you can tell it to show to whatever video you want the owner to see.
Including Rick Astley.
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