2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Summer 2004

The twentieth anniversary volume, opening with the editorial "Twenty Years After" and running the magazine's widest spread yet of articles on ordinary commercial systems.

Spring covers "Taking Advantage of Physical Access," "Hacking the Hilton," "Cruise Cracking" and "Hacking a Mercedes Benz with a Universal Remote." It also runs "Barcode Tricks," "Installing Debian on your Unmodded Xbox" and "Setting Your Music Free: iTunes Music Sans DRM." Summer prints "Scumware, Spyware, Adware, Sneakware," "Impromptu Lock Picks," "Magstripe Interfacing - A Lost Art" and "Passwords on a Cue Cat," with "A Guide to Internet Piracy." Autumn runs "Anti-Forensics: Make Secrets Stay Secret," "Digital CDMA Cloning," "Bit Torrent - The Future of the Internet?," "Hacking Soda Machines" and "Warwalking in Times Square." Winter adds "Hacking CDMA PRLs," "Catching Credit Card Fraud through Steganography," "Hacking LaGard ComboGard Locks," "Hacking Ticketmaster" and "Building Cheap ID Cards."

The Fifth HOPE was held in New York that July, fifth in the conference series 2600 began in 1994.