On 29 Jul 2005, at 4:55 pm, Mark Syder wrote:
I'm using a G5 iMac, MAC OS 10.4, with wireless keyboard and mouse.
I recently had the following article brought to my attention:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/21/why_does_my_typing_appear/
It specifically refers to HP keyboards, but it has me a little
concerned. Can anyone put my mind at rest?
I hadn't come across this story - it does seem to be a problem specific
to (some) HP keyboards. From the brief Register story, it looks like a
two-fold problem: the keyboard's range is much more than it needs to
be, and (as far as I can tell) there's no encryption.
Apple's wireless KBs use 128-bit encryption, and I'm pretty sure that
if there were security/privacy problems we'd have heard a lot about
them before now.
Miche.
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