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Re:I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and S... by tavavex on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:38PM (#37711402)
Can't wait for the consumer keyboard that saves everything that was typed to it and/or executes things on its own
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Re:I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and S... by fragmede on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:22PM (#37712021)
usb keyloggers have existed since just after USB came out, and badusb is totally a thing.
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Re:I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and S... by tavavex on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:09PM (#37712227)
They have, but all of them are "personalized" attacks - as in, a malicious person needs to install these on specifically your computer, without your knowledge. What I was talking about is some kind of device from some noname Chinese manufacturer that presents as harmless, but actually sends off some additional data back home
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Re:I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and S... by parker_mountain on Friday September 29, 2023 @10:21PM (#37712275)
Yeah, it was sold to schools in the 90s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSmart

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Re:I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and S... by tavavex on Saturday September 30, 2023 @01:18AM (#37712954)
Oh yeah, I remember reading about the AlphaSmart somewhere! Though it is quite different from an ordinary-keyboard-looking spying device that I tried to describe in my original comment. The AlphaSmart feels like more of a digital typewriter that just had a really primitive data transfer method
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