Whats your mailing address, I will send you some
more tinfoil.
On Oct 10, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Always Learning <centos@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 16:31 -0500, Chris Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Did either of you think to crack open your laptop cases and check for
>> embedded key logging hardware on the MB.. it could be in there... that
>> tiny mislabeled capacitor near the USB bus would be a good hiding
>> place... or have you been blindly typing away on those keyboards for
>> several years...? Does the firmware for your wireless card ever
>> overstep its bounds and poke around a bit... perhaps to collect info
>> from the key logger? That same wireless firmware could probably have
>> access to your network without your knowledge... Isn't it the government
>> that stipulates that the firmware be distributed in binary form
>> only...? And be sure to "mute" the mic on your machine... they'd never
>> be smart enough to use the speakers in reverse to accomplish the same
>> thing :)
>
> I avoid using Wifi. My keyboards are changed frequently (one of the
> reasons is some are allergic to tea). My home router is an inquisitive
> Asus AC68U but Wifi is disabled. My trusted firewall is iptables. My
> multiple backups are significant distances away. My HDDs are on pull-out
> caddies. I read all the generated daily reports.
>
> When relatives come, a new name and password are created for Wifi access
> which does not broadcast its presence. There is no access to the LAN.
>
> If anyone is serious about security, it is not the keyboards one should
> worry about but another item that is so common it is always
> 'overlooked'. No further comment :-)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Paul.
> England, EU.
>
>
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