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Interesting research, but with people already plugging those headphones into a portable surveillance set, and plus them using headsets (which are already microp
by elcapitan 10y ago
Interesting research, but with people already plugging those headphones into a portable surveillance set, and plus them using headsets (which are already microphones as well), this seems a bit chasing the wrong target?
(Assuming that the connected computer is compromised also already implies that the attacker has a microphone at their disposal, with most modern devices like smartphones, tablets and mobile computers)
- mojuba 10y agoFor starters, the fact that RealTek is so easily reprogrammable to turn audio output into input is very unlikely just a "bug". It's a feature left their on purpose.
- Senji 10y agoIt's a selling point. You plug anything at the back then change the jack's purpose in the control panel gui for the audio card.
- mojuba 10y agoPossibly, but why isn't the feature exposed to end users then?
- infogulch 10y agoIt is. I've seen it on multiple computers.
- lima 10y agoYep. I remember that feature from the Windows NT days.
- anigbrowl 10y agoAs a sound engineer, I can assure you that this feature has been around for ages.
- mojuba 10y agoWell then what the article describes is not even a "hack"...
- benmcnelly 10y agowelcome to wired.com
- mlonkibjuyhv 10y agoWait, I thought that was the median hackaday comment?