This is really scary. The fact that the collected data must be sent either through the wire or through the air at some point would make the trojan detectable -

This is really scary. The fact that the collected data must be sent either through the wire or through the air at some point would make the trojan detectable - perhaps when it's a too late, but still detectable - wouldn't it? A related history was posted on reddit a few days ago, about a user identifying his HP notebook sending away his built-in microphone data [0]. [0]: http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comments/1le3if/so_i_discovered_that_my_hp_laptop_leakstransmits/ http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comments/1le3if/so_i_discover...