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Re:How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM by PunchyHamster on Saturday December 06, 2025 @02:51PM (#46176109)
The KVM just uses a devboard that's also sold separately and just happens to have a microphone, given how cheap the mics are having one extra SKU would probably just cost them more than savings.

Also I wouldn't really consider it "server room" product. Pretty much any new server has KVM, this is more "a hobbyist needing KVM for their home server"

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Re:How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM by ndsipa_pomu on Sunday December 07, 2025 @08:47AM (#46181662)
I can't recall seeing any server that includes KVM-over-IP, but instead they have some shitty remote access controller (e.g. Dell iDRAC) that is buggy as hell and requires a subscription to even get working.
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Re:How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM by fsmv on Sunday December 07, 2025 @11:03AM (#46182678)
Supermicro boards have it via the IPMI Ethernet port. Doesn't require any sign up.
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Re:How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM by ndsipa_pomu on Sunday December 07, 2025 @11:43AM (#46183009)
That sounds good - I thought they required a license key to get working.

(However, IMPI is a security nightmare with backdoors, default passwords and weak encryption)

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Re:How I discovered a hidden microphone on a Chinese NanoKVM by n5NOJwkc7kRC on Monday December 08, 2025 @03:30PM (#46197231)
Intel AMT? Whatever AMD calls theirs?
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