On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 12:47:45AM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >And so we end up at the position that we have ended up at so many times
> >before: the GTCYM has to have a decent processor, a keyboard and a screen,
> >and must be portable and secure.
> >
Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Lock USB down completely, or block most devices and allow approved ones?
>There is a non-empty set folks doing the latter, which opens the possibility
>of this type of device being permitted, while others are restricted.
Lock it down completely. What
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 12:47:45AM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Actually there are already companies doing something like this
Which ones do you think are doing a decent job of this?
> but they've
> run into a problem that no-one has ever considered so far: The GTCYM needs a
> (relatively) high
"Steven J. Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>You can get a fairly high-bandwidth channel with 2D barcodes. It's uni-
>directional, but that's enough for many useful scenarios. The data gets shown
>on the PC monitor and is captured by a ubiquitous camera-phone or a dedicated
>locked-down device
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 12:47:45AM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> Actually there are already companies doing something like this, but they've
> run into a problem that no-one has ever considered so far: The GTCYM needs a
> (relatively) high-bandwidth connection to a remote server, and there's no eas
Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>And so we end up at the position that we have ended up at so many times
>before: the GTCYM has to have a decent processor, a keyboard and a screen,
>and must be portable and secure.
>
>One day we'll stop concluding this and actually do something about it.
A
Ben Laurie wrote:
> Then we get to the next problem: we don't trust the
> device with the keypad and display. So, we need to add
> that to the GTCYM (Gadget That Controls Your Money).
>
> And so we end up at the position that we have ended up
> at so many times before: the GTCYM has to have a
> de
Ben Laurie wrote:
[snip]
And so we end up at the position that we have ended up at so many times
before: the GTCYM has to have a decent processor, a keyboard and a
screen, and must be portable and secure.
One day we'll stop concluding this and actually do something about it.
And it can a
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Nothing terribly new here -- short interview with someone who bought
an RFID credit card reader on ebay for $8 and demonstrates getting
people's credit card information at short distances using it. Still,
it is interesting to see how trivial it is to do.
http://www.boingb
Nothing terribly new here -- short interview with someone who bought
an RFID credit card reader on ebay for $8 and demonstrates getting
people's credit card information at short distances using it. Still,
it is interesting to see how trivial it is to do.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/19/bbtv-
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