The answer is "enough." I can't imagine coming under this kind of attack myself, but it should be cause enough for a targettable company that deals with sensitive (valuable) data to think twice about rolling out wireless keyboards/mice.
it requires being physically close to the victim['s computer]
which could be on the other side of a locked door, or a (fairly thin) wall, or a floor...
Yup. Actually, just keystrokes - the summary's a bit confused on the subject, but the article says nothing about spoofing mouse moves and clicks - it does, however, say that in some cases an attacker can impersonate the mouse but use it to send keypress packets (the keyboards in question encrypt these, but the receiver accepts them unencrypted from the "mouse").
but it will most likely be slow and visible
Not necessarily. What if you want access to a computer you can see through a window (and verify that no-one is near), but is behind a locked door? Even if you can't see the screen, sending Win+R c m d [enter] and so on seems fairly doable.
How did she discover? Her work email stopped working.
I assume there was at least one more step to it than that. If I discovered my email had stopped working, I wouldn't automatically assume I'd been fired and not bother coming into work. I'd go to work as normal, ask around, and then someone would tell me I'd been fired.
Slashdot Mirror
Fewer effective.
Morons.
Oook? Ook.
France Seeking $1.76 Billion In Back Taxes From Google
According to a Reuters insider, France is seeking 1.6 billion euros in back taxes from Google
Blimey. If it's slid that far between headline and summary, it'll be down to 0 by the morning.
I don't get what's problematic with anything that's been written.
You need sex?
because unless someone has built another laser array ON mars
Well there you go. Problem solved.
Sorry, But Lasers Aren't Taking You To Mars Anytime Soon
a) I didn't think they were going to; this is the first I've heard of it at all
b) Well, not with that attitude.
C'mon, Slashdot, put a positive spin on it. Lasers might take you to Mars some day.
Well that's not helpful.
I'd say it has a fastness of about 7.
the meteor unleashed an energy equivalent of 13,000 tons of TNT exploding instantaneously.
As opposed to the other kind of TNT explosion that takes aaaaages.
Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp
Wow, awesome!
And here I am connecting to a wireless router without having to stay in the same room like a chump.
Watching streaming movies in the dark cos I want to like a maroon.
Being connected without having to turn a lamp on when bright sunlight is flooding in through my windows like a dingus. ...you get the point.
Just how much of a risk is there to this exploit?
The answer is "enough." I can't imagine coming under this kind of attack myself, but it should be cause enough for a targettable company that deals with sensitive (valuable) data to think twice about rolling out wireless keyboards/mice.
it requires being physically close to the victim['s computer]
which could be on the other side of a locked door, or a (fairly thin) wall, or a floor...
Really? With just keystrokes and mouse moves?
Yup. Actually, just keystrokes - the summary's a bit confused on the subject, but the article says nothing about spoofing mouse moves and clicks - it does, however, say that in some cases an attacker can impersonate the mouse but use it to send keypress packets (the keyboards in question encrypt these, but the receiver accepts them unencrypted from the "mouse").
but it will most likely be slow and visible
Not necessarily. What if you want access to a computer you can see through a window (and verify that no-one is near), but is behind a locked door? Even if you can't see the screen, sending Win+R c m d [enter] and so on seems fairly doable.
mouse clicks impersonating keystrokes.
The article is clearer on what this suppoed to mean:
An attacker can impersonate the mouse but transmit keypress-packets
No, no it won't.
Still works though.
I didn't think focus was the big problem - doesn't that just lead to headaches, not vomitting?
I thought it was the imperfect timing of real movement to VR movement (or the lack of real movement for a VR movement) that brings on the chunders.
allowing game makers to make their games directly for the graphics hardware
and to make their graphics slightly too complex to allow continuously smooth frame rates, it usually seems.
lolicon
Icons that make you laugh out loud? That sounds awesome. I'll just Google me some.
*tappity tappity* ...crap.
And Larry Fucking Sanders had that stupid talk show.
Sanders, Summers, same thing.
What, exactly, was the wording of the question?
Chances are that could have had quite a lot to do with the respondents' answers, in either direction.
This one might be more relevant.
How did she discover? Her work email stopped working.
I assume there was at least one more step to it than that. If I discovered my email had stopped working, I wouldn't automatically assume I'd been fired and not bother coming into work. I'd go to work as normal, ask around, and then someone would tell me I'd been fired.
means much stiffer penalties for copyright "infringement:"
I don't know why that's been put in quotes.
Fungi From Guts Of Herbivores Could Help Us Make Biofuel
When you say "us"...?
Because I produce quite enough volatile substances already, thanks.
High-Energy Laser Effector Tested On German Warship
That is to say, it was on a German warship when it was tested. They didn't melt a German warship with a laser, which would have been way cooler.
I don't know if they even melted anything. All it says is that they tracked stuff with it.
And what's the difference between a laser and a laser effector?