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a little interdiction while that new airgapped laptop is shipped to you and they got you, even though you never connected to a network
by redbeard0x0a 6y ago
a little interdiction while that new airgapped laptop is shipped to you and they got you, even though you never connected to a network
- derefr 6y agoExactly what have they got, if you never connect it to a network afterward, either? A key-log that never makes it back to them? (I’m presuming here that the laptop is openable, and that you will do so and physically remove any wi-fi M.2 card from it — and associated antennae — since you won’t be using it. There might be some sort of extra surface-mount snooper chip left onboard that could replicate the same function — but without big antennas, how’s it going to report?)
- BlueTemplar 6y agoResearchers have been able to make integrated circuits emit radio waves.
- snypher 6y agoYou might not understand the depth to which you can be exploited. They will simply let you use your laptop and switch your USB cable, which has a built in 6ft antenna. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NSA_COTTONMOUTH-I.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NSA_COTTONMOUTH-I.jpg
- _jal 6y agoPerhaps with something like this? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/ragemaster_nsa.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/ragemaster_ns... Or this? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/cottonmouth-i_n.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/cottonmouth-i... If you have actually attracted the attention of the NSA, pulling your NIC is playground stuff.
- xxpor 6y agoIgnoring the larger context, but just technologically, RAGEMASTER sounds freakin' sweet. Like that's actually amazing.
- sroussey 6y agoAnd it can add a slight flicker that can be used as a signal and detected from outside.