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Wireless Keyboard "Encryption" Cracked
squidinkcalligraphy writes "While everyone is going on about wireless network security, it seems few have considered that increasingly common wireless keyboards can be vulnerable to eavesdropping. Particularly when the encryption is pitifully weak. All that's needed is a simple radio receiver, sound card, and a brute-force attack on the 8-bit encryption used. Passwords galore! Bluetooth, it seems, is safe for the moment."
Wow. Or maybe, just maybe, the people who buy these keyboards don't even consider the security risks. Maybe they are ignorant of basic physics much like the many idiots who have replied to this story. In this age of identity theft perhaps it shouldn't even be legal to sell these devices.
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Sorry what? What part of "please read the article before commenting" is optional? What part of "grade school understanding" is unreasonable? Really big aerials can hear really weak signals. I know 4 year olds who have grasped that.
You mentioned my low UID. Blah, I don't go into UID measuring contests. But it does mean that I have some memory when people on this site showed each other some basic courtesies, such as reading the article before commenting and not commenting at all if they don't understand the subject matter.
Now get off my lawn.
How we know is more important than what we know.
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I would think it would also be handy to have a motherboard, processor, hard drive, some sata cables, power supply, fans, maybe a case, a keyboard, mouse, monitor, an operating system, etc.
On the other hand, E.T. could have done it with a Speak 'N Spell, a saw blade, and an unbrella.
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I am the head of IT for a large dental practice and we use wireless keyboards and mice in all of our operatories, at our front desk area, and in a couple of other areas -- because the owners wanted it that way, over my objections. They sign the paychecks so after I made sure they understood my objections, I gave them what they asked for.
That was an incredibly stupid thing to post. You are just doing what your bosses told you, but that does not help the fact that you have just admitted to being a direct accessory, and in fact a facilitator, to SERIOUS HIPAA violations. Your workplace should be shut down immediately. I hope you don't end up being held criminally responsible.