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If you are really worried about this, I recommend surgery. Me too -but in a more literal way. Sorry for the downvotable comment, but cannot resist a pun, espe
by batista 15y ago
If you are really worried about this, I recommend surgery.
Me too -but in a more literal way.
Sorry for the downvotable comment, but cannot resist a pun, especially when it kinda makes my actual point.
The thing is, whether the MBP is "always listening" or not is of little consequence, in an age when we know that governments look into the wires, have taps into ISPs and can listen to any and all mobile phone conversation.
Btw, my iMac 27" 2009, doesn't seem to register any sound with the internal mic set to the minimum volume. And there's also the "Audio MIDI setup" program, where you can disable it completely.
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- marchdown 15y agoThey can eavesdrop on encrypted mobile phone connections? Do you have a solid source on that?
- runjake 15y agoFor starters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Klein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Klein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gsm#GSM_service_security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gsm#GSM_service_security GSM uses several cryptographic algorithms for security. The A5/1 and A5/2 stream ciphers are used for ensuring over-the-air voice privacy. A5/1 was developed first and is a stronger algorithm used within Europe and the United States; A5/2 is weaker and used in other countries. Serious weaknesses have been found in both algorithms: it is possible to break A5/2 in real-time with a ciphertext-only attack, and in January 2007, The Hacker's Choice started the A5/1 cracking project with plans to use FPGAs that allow A5/1 to be broken with a rainbow table attack.