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can't read the article as it's behind a paywall, but I've recently become very paranoid. Just a few minutes ago I was thinking about small autonomous drones tha
by pontifier 8y ago
can't read the article as it's behind a paywall, but I've recently become very paranoid. Just a few minutes ago I was thinking about small autonomous drones that are just big enough to infiltrate a building and insert themselves into the usb port of otherwise secure machines then escape with sensitive information.
I think I'll start printing some usb port covers as a countermeasure.
- paulddraper 8y agoOr......there's the $5 wrench https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- earenndil 8y agoThe difference is, if you hit someone with a wrench until they give you the password to some data, they're going not going to continue giving you data. Whereas, if you covertly get access to someone's computer, they're going to keep using it and keep feeding you data.
- earenndil 8y agoThere was a post recently about a computer that could fit inside of a usb port, little arm chip. It was meant as an open yubikey substitute, but you could easily hide one of those inside of a mass-produced cell phone charger, and suddenly you have something doing arbitrary computation. It didn't have a wireless chip, but on the other hand it was $30, if you made it using off-the-shelf consumer parts. I'm sure an industrial complex would be able to shave the size down and potentially add a wireless chip. Scary stuff.
- icebraining 8y agoUSB Wifi adapters have been tiny for years, and they have a wireless chip (obviously) and certainly some computation.