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People have been installing networked microphones in their homes since the 1890s. What is the change now that makes you concerned?
by jameshart 11y ago
People have been installing networked microphones in their homes since the 1890s. What is the change now that makes you concerned?
- arbuge 11y agoBig differnece. There was no software installable on "dumb" telephones. They could not be programmed remotely to change functionality to listening without ringing. That would have required an easily detectable hardware change. Smart devices on the other hand are always vulnerable to this possibility.
- smokinjuan 11y agoGranted it took a bit more doing than nowadays, but the old phones had a mechanical ringer that is basically a microphone. No rewiring necessary. http://www.bugsweep.com/instrument.html http://www.bugsweep.com/instrument.html and https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/eavesdropping_i.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/eavesdropping...
- theandrewbailey 11y agoMost of these new microphones do not have physical switches that can be off and still be useful, and most do not have networking that can be killed by unplugging.