On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300 Mauro Souza via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic > box, and you are good to go. > Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting > traces giving power to the wireless module would be more permanent, > but a Faraday cage is faster to deploy and "undeploy." > my tinfoil hat works well. maybe you can make a slightly larger tinfoil box?
> Many companies are now developing equipment for home use that is for > the latest > buzz in the world - - IoT (more morons them!). > "Whenever IoT comes up, I remind people that in IoT, the S stands for security and the P for privacy" - Thomas Delrue > There is, as a result, the need to be searching for a cell phone > signal (a wireless section that can only be put in airplane mode not > an off). This machine behavior has me very concerned about my > personal information security. > Any suggestions on how to 'shut off' wireless services on a machine > that doesn't really have too much in the way for access? > > (Only access that I can see is through the memory card but that only > has data loaded no system information - - - no other visible ports. > Any ideas for hacks to disable this wireless module will be > gratefully accepted. (I do need the machine to work though so no - - > - sledge hammers aren't an option!!! Have thought of using a farady > cage but am not sure if that's going to be sufficient.) > > Regards > > Dee > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
