On 11/08/2013 07:43 AM, George Toft wrote:
The threat is real, but the probability is very low, unless you
have other factors in your life that would bring about the
surveillance van, then the game is up - nothing you can do will
save you.
Worth noting again. If They have significantly more resources than you
do, and They want to mess with you, all you can do is make it a bit
harder for Them to do that. (Not just government, either; the PLUG
Security Cabal could probably 0wn my wireless access point if they
wanted to drive to my house and spend several hours parked near it....)
On 2013-11-08 08:50, Derek Trotter wrote:
had a wireless mouse noticed the mouse pointer moving around the
screen by itself. Turned out his neighbor also had a wireless mouse.
...of a similar make/model? I would hope that wireless mouse
manufacturers have accounted for this problem and made it a little
better by now.
the RF noise given off by a crt and use it to generate an image of
what was being displayed on the monitor.
Van Eck Phreaking--it's not just in _Cryptonomicon_ , it can be a real
thing. It's a bit harder to do this with LCDs, IIRC.
wired keyboards and mice work, so why bother with wireless ones. I've
talked to people who have had wireless mice and keyboard and had
trouble with the batteries giving out
Battery life on wireless $FOO has gotten a lot better. It takes months
before I have to swap out the batteries on my wireless Rock Band guitar
controller. But wired keyboards/mice are cheaper and you never have to
change their batteries.
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