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I guess this will be a movement in the years to come: 1) Air gapping computers 2) Electromagnetic shielding of computers Just to be far away from hackers who s

• angry_octet 10y ago
  EM shielding, audio isolation, light tight, and physically secure (including guards to put everyone through a metal detector), supply chain security. Any one of them imposes costs, and EM shielding most of all. (Will, a culture of fear and anxiety might be more expensive, but we already live with that.) It is too expensive for almost everyone. I think we will collectively settle for pretending nothing is wrong.
  • superuser2 10y ago
    You've essentially rattled off the US Government SCIF specifications (which are public and a fascinating read). Also non-conductive ductwork and plumbing at the edges of the SCIF and careful selection/programming of the phone system to make sure an attacker can't remotely set a phone off hook and use it as a microphone.
    • angry_octet 10y ago
      Mostly right. SCIF phones are always press to talk with speakerphone disabled. Typically they are very simple POTS phones, with high roll-off lowpass filters where they exit. Having a smart PABX which can transparently route cell calls to internal numbers is very important to making SCIFs functional. It was interesting to read that Hillary Clinton had problems at State because her staff couldn't access their phones in the office - primarily SMS or BBM I think.