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Replicating the NSA's Gadgets Using Open Source

Posted by samzenpus on from the spy-on-it-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann asked himself: 'Could I make the gadgets that the agency uses to monitor and locate mobile phones, tap USB and Ethernet connections, maintain persistent malware on PCs, communicate with malware across air gaps, and more, by just using open source software and hardware?' In this podcast he shares his insights on what to use — and how — to duplicate hardware devices found in the ANT catalog."

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  1. National Security by mfh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the NSA does it, hey that's national security and they are allowed to do anything.

    If you do it, you're going to be spending the rest of your life in a 10' cube for national security.

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