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Re:Mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps? by nknighthb on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:28AM (#6647352)
It is explained. HF audio via speakers and microphones. In other words, a modem. Your username is highly ironic.
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Re:Mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps? by nknighthb on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:50AM (#6647501)
> Are you just assuming these are laptops with a battery?

Did you even read the article? It's a laptop. That would be the safe assumption, anyway. Laptops far out-stripped desktop sales years ago, they're what most work happens on now.

> And saying that computers are communicating by speakers and microphones over long distances (i.e. > a few inches) is patently ridiculous.

It's not. I've done it myself. Go grab a couple laptops and some PSK31 software and you can do it, too.

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Re:Mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps? by 300bps on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:49AM (#6647491)
My main question was regarding the power cords not being plugged in but apparently these are laptops.

As for communications via speakers and microphones, that makes as much sense as any other outrageously insane theory I've ever heard.

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