On Monday 20 June 2005 07:29 am, Jeremy Bowen wrote: > On Monday 20 June 2005 11:55 pm, Dave Feustel wrote: > > If you read the FAQ carefully you would note that the keylogger chip is > > now being installed in oem equipment for the company marketing the > > keyboard. Buying a unit off the shelf does not guarantee that there is no > > keylogger chip installed in the keyboard. > > I've read the FAQ. Can you explain how someone could install/access this on a > keyboard that I've purchased without accessing the password that is set for > the keyboard ?
I don't understand this question yet - could you elaborate please? > If I buy an off the shelf unit, I apparently get the password in the box it > comes with. If not and if it is impossible to detect, then how is an attacker > going to know if I've purchased one of the keyboards with a key-logger > installed or not ? The attacker could try the unversal password and see if the keylogger responds. > If I didn't buy my keyboard and I'm that paranoid, then my physical security > is probably already compromised. Maybe I randomly swap keyboards with my > co-workers to screw up the attackers chances of getting the correct password > for my keyboard. (I mean, surely they wouldn't use the same password on all > the keyboards :-) Why not?
