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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Lie Ryan <lie.1296@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Also, did you apply the same level of scrutiny to your hardware? |
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That's the basis of the now well known NSA hack on Cisco routers. |
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Intercept the box, modify the hardware, send the box onto some foreign |
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land and the router lets them in. No hacking required. |
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> For the truly paranoid, I recommend unplugging. |
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In the aforementioned book that's pretty much exactly what Snowden |
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required of the reporter & documentary film maker he started out |
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disclosing the info to. They had to buy new laptops and never attach |
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them to the net. He apparently used PGP encryption to chat & transfer |
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files over normal nets but (as I understand it) the encrypted files |
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are never opened on anything other than your off-the-net machine. |
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Of course, according to Snowden the NSA can enable the microphone on |
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my cell phone and listen to me talking in the house. He required |
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batteries be removed or cell phones be placed in a freezer. |
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I recently saw a similar story about new TVs having built in cameras |
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(for game interfaces I suppose) which could be enabled over the net to |
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watch what's going on in my living room. If the TV has power applied, |
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even if I'm not using it, what do I know really about what it's doing? |
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All of that argues for Max's suggestion about sniffing the network |
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full time, assuming I can relay on the sniffer not being hacked... ;-) |
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