Re: [qubes-users] Snowden plans a wireless hardware security device

[Syd Brisby]

"Isn't a laptop wireless hardware switch simpler?"

No, it only provides one-third of the functionality that is required to fully 
secure the radio: This is the situation at the moment:

1. A hardware switch for the motherboard. 
2. A software combo switch which you must engage after bootup to fully turn off 
the radio. 
3. Then you have to install software like "rfkill" to check the wireless status.

This is insufficient because sometimes you forget the key combo, which leaves 
the wireless broadcasting. Some computers don't have a hardware switch at all, 
while some have a fake hardware switch, so the wireless is always on in some 
capacity. And on some computers it's difficult to turn off bluetooth via 
software.  

A hardware device provides all the appropriate functionality for all wireless 
devices (wifi, bluetooth, etc.) in one product - including feedback, kill, and 
the security of tamperproof hardware. 

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Re: [qubes-users] Snowden plans a wireless hardware security device

[Franz]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Syd Brisby  wrote:

> Edward Snowden and a hardware hacker have developed plans for a hardware
> device to monitor wireless signals on the iphone6. This lets the user know
> whether the phone's radio/s are actually on or off as it can be hard to
> tell otherwise. (He even mentions an anit-evil maid aspect to the design.)
> Wireless hacking / malware ain't no joke, as a female journalist was
> recently killed in Syria by having her phone wirelessly tracked to
> facilitate a strike to silence the media.
>
> What we need now is a version to fit on a laptop / netbook / PC - and
> since the design is open-source, that might be possible.
>
>
> https://www.wired.com/2016/07/snowden-designs-device-warn-iphones-radio-snitches/
>
> http://boingboing.net/2016/07/21/ed-snowden-and-andrew-bunnie.html
>
>
Isn't a laptop wireless hardware switch simpler?


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[qubes-users] Snowden plans a wireless hardware security device

[Syd Brisby]

Edward Snowden and a hardware hacker have developed plans for a hardware device 
to monitor wireless signals on the iphone6. This lets the user know whether the 
phone's radio/s are actually on or off as it can be hard to tell otherwise. (He 
even mentions an anit-evil maid aspect to the design.) Wireless hacking / 
malware ain't no joke, as a female journalist was recently killed in Syria by 
having her phone wirelessly tracked to facilitate a strike to silence the 
media. 

What we need now is a version to fit on a laptop / netbook / PC - and since the 
design is open-source, that might be possible. 

https://www.wired.com/2016/07/snowden-designs-device-warn-iphones-radio-snitches/

http://boingboing.net/2016/07/21/ed-snowden-and-andrew-bunnie.html

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