On Fri, October 10, 2014 7:20 pm, William Woods wrote: > 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 :-) >> If I were to hire sysadmin or computer security officer you definitely will be on my short list, much preferred candidate. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++