McDonald’s restaurants (if you can even call them that) in Australia, having suffered from a recent spat of robberies (who the f*** robs a McDonald’s ? Taco Bell or GTFO), have teamed up with security firm SelectaDNA to install sprayers above its doors that will douse robbers with an invisible mist of DNA . Why? To make them glow under blacklight for police identification. Wait, WHAT? The newly introduced DNA will then seep harmlessly into his or her skin for two weeks (and clothes for six months) allowing the police to reveal the culprit using UV light. The spray is both invisible and odorless, but even if the hapless highwayman notices the deoxyribonucleic acid rain cloud, SelectaDNA assures that its chemical concoction is “virtually impossible to remove.” Making matters worse for the offender is that each DNA sequence is unique to the location to which it was installed, meaning a successful forensic identification is 100% admissible in court. Basically, if you get caught in this stuff, you’re screwed. No word if the DNA will cause you to mutate into a supervillain, but brobro in the picture there does look kinda like a Star Wars character, so that’s something. Not something I’d be willing to rob a McDonald’s to achieve, but I’m also smart enough to only rob Burger Kings. *putting on cardboard crown* NOW LEAD ME TO THE ROYAL TREASURE ROOM. Australian McDonald’s Now Spraying Thieves With DNA [escapistmagazine] Thanks to Sore_Dong, who may or may yes have permanently injured his unit. Smooth move buddy — your DNA spraying days are OVER.

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Rob An Australian McDonald’s, Get Hosed With DNA

The TSA caused an uproar recently when it confiscated what is known as a “cupcake in a jar.” Stick with me now as this is where the story gets funky — according to the TSA it has nothing against cupcakes in general, just this special cupcake stuffed into a jar. In this format it violated to three-ounce limit for carry on liquids or gels.

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Is your cupcake TSA compliant? We’re not kidding

What do you do if you manage to hack Grammy award-winning and controversial dresser Lady Gaga ’s Twitter and Facebook accounts? Go phishing and pretend you’re giving away iPads to her millions of “little monsters.” That’s what hackers tried to do yesterday, before the the hacking ended.

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Lady Gaga’s Twitter and Facebook hacked for iPad giveaways

You know what anti-piracy groups are supposed to be all about? That’s right, pirating stuff. Oh, oops, I mean not pirating stuff. Yeah, sorry about that, but it’s an easy mistake to make, seeing as these guys keep doing the exact opposite of anti-piracy.

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Anti-piracy group pirates their theme song

The mobile world is ablaze over a discovery by Android developer Trevor Eckhart . He found a piece of software secretly installed on his smartphone called Carrier IQ that watches just about everything. Carriers are now stumbling to avoid a potential privacy catastrophe across every major mobile platform.

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Cellphone carriers deny using Carrier IQ spyware to snoop on us

Valve’s Steam platform is in danger of turning into a nightmare similar to Sony’s PlayStation Network hack earlier this year. Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve informed users that they’ve detected hackers have accessed a database with encrypted info. Newell’s just not sure if any credit card info was stolen yet.

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Steam hacked, encrypted credit card and personal info possibly stolen

The iPad 2 has a weird vulnerability: its PIN-based security can be bypassed by hooking up a “smart cover”

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iPad 2 unlocking-by-cover vulnerability

Are you worried about someone swiping your iPhone? Alternately, are you a pervert who would like to cover his tracks by pretending to be worried about someone swiping your iPhone? Well, here’s your new iPhone dock.

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This iPhone dock has a motion-activated hidden camera on board

Jimmy DiResta from Discovery’s “Dirty Money” explains how and why he mods the keys he uses from day to day, making them into artworks: Maker Jimmy DiResta shares his modded keys at World Maker Faire NYC. His collection of handmade keys are a combination of his problem solving skills and creativity. They are a great example of making art from everyday items without sacrificing functionality. Jimmy is a designer and fabricator who can make just about anything, from just about anything. Hes a woodworker, he sculpts in resin, he welds, and builds with plastics. His hammer and ax skull and crossbone belt buckle started as one of his wooden carvings before he cast it in metal. On a recent tour of his shop, I found the sewing machine he uses to add leather fronts to his pants next to the high-end wooden display he was building for a pop-up gallery.

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Why handmade keys?

Carrying a bike lock around with you while you ride can be a pain. Where do you keep it? But the Kat lock solves that with a rather ingenious solution.

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This bike lock masquerades as a water bottle