On 24 November 2016 at 09:51, Dave Warren <da...@hireahit.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016, at 22:41, Jon Tullett wrote: >> On 22 November 2016 at 10:55, Ben Tasker <b...@bentasker.co.uk> wrote: >> > The problem with blocking the camera in software is that it can then be >> > unblocked in software (and still potentially without your permission). >> >> And not just >> cameras...https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ >> >> Software control is always risky. I dislike laptops without hardware >> switches for wireless adapters for much the same reason. > > I'm amazed that this is considered news, this has seemed perfectly > obvious since ports started being able to handle connections from > multiple types of devices. But hey, I guess good for the rest of the > world for figuring basics out?
It was an obvious concept, but the RealTek tweak and demo is pretty neat. The Ben-Gurion team's paper is worth a read: http://cyber.bgu.ac.il/advanced-cyber/system/files/SPEAKEaR.pdf Wouldn't want to put money on this not already being in intelligence agencies' bags of tricks, though. -J -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk