Whats your mailing address, I will send you some more tinfoil. On Oct 10, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos