I agree. I'm also curious about the security side of this. Are the transmissions encrypted? Apparently not very well if one mouse affects another's pc. Just open notepad on an affected PC and you have a poor man's keylogger.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Cline Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Possessed PCs To be honest I'm not sure why those guys have wireless devices to begin with. They were problably given to them at the time solely because it was the latest and greatest. Not too big a fan of that doctrine myself. -- Brian Cline ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Hargraves Sent: Sunday 03 December 2006 22:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Possessed PCs There are some wireless mice/keyboards that can potentially support hundreds of non-interfering devices - if they want to have wireless, make them use what has been 'approved' or nothing at all :) On 12/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Happens with my father and watches as well. The man cannot wear a watch without it dying within weeks. But thats another story. If you can isolate the symptoms to time of day or even the remote chance its a bad ballast (flouresent lighting used to cause occasional problems with old CRTs), etc. Atleast you can start to wittle things down a bit. But in this case it sounds like RF overlap. Perhaps there is one mouse that is emitting too strong a signal. I was a bit thrown this morning though when I thought I read that this was happening with corded devices as well. Brent Eads Employee Technology Solutions, Inc. Office: (312) 762-9224 Fax: (312) 762-9275 The contents contain privileged and/or confidential information intended for the named recipient of this email. ETSI (Employee Technology Solutions, Inc.) does not warrant that the contents of any electronically transmitted information will remain confidential. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the information contained in the email in error, please reply to us immediately and delete the document. Viruses, Malware, Phishing and other known and unknown electronic threats: It is the recipient/client's duties to perform virus scans and otherwise test the information provided before loading onto any computer system. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or any other defect. Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. Liability will be limited to resupplying the material. Message scanned by TrendMicro
