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Post by janekm »

Eiriksmal wrote: post #3

Wow! Is the trick that we now have powerful microcomputers small enough to fit into a USB plug? That's pretty incredible technology. How many years ago did this become possible? My IT security training is dated, I am aware of the risks of plugging in a random USB key, but just a cable from a helpful "coworker"? Yikes.

Not just the microcontroller but also the wifi radio and antenna... But a USB-A socket is pretty big anyway. This isn't too different from the tiny wireless mouse dongles that have been around for a few decades.

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Post by adolph »

Reminds me of the 2013 blog post of Panic in which they discover the lightening to hdmi “adapter” was in fact a small computer performing transcoding to HDMI. It was much larger and bulkier than 0.mg, but another example of a hidden computer in a place where one might expect just some simple wires.

https://panic.com/blog/the-lightning-digital-av-adapter-surp...

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Post by hacker_newz »

frickinLasers wrote: post #392
jdironman wrote: post #383

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Not sure I understand those last two sentences. Could you clarify?

Don't do drugs (including marijuana), don't get blackout drunk, don't talk about your work, don't need psychiatric help... For the last sentence...Trump had all sorts of clearance when he clearly should not have. But he was in an important position.

How is this a constructive response?

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Post by frickinLasers »

garmaine wrote: post #422
frickinLasers wrote: post #392

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Don't do drugs (including marijuana), don't get blackout drunk, don't talk about your work, don't need psychiatric help... For the last sentence...Trump had all sorts of clearance when he clearly should not have. But he was in an important position.

> don't need psychiatric help Does that include regular old things like ADHD meds?

I don't know. I haven't worked in that system for many years. That said, it was more received wisdom than a written rule, and I was aware of exceptions who were prescribed more than ADHD meds.

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Post by clb92 »

sudobash1 wrote: post #118

This is one reason I prefer good old 3.5mm audio jacks in my phone. I have no fear of putting any headphones or adapter in that port.

Wait until you learn that some phones have serial access through the headphone jack.[1][2] I don't know much about it yet, but I assume it can be exploited in some way, under some circumstances.

[1] DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE AND BACK OUT AGAIN: SERIAL OVER HEADPHONE JACK https://hackaday.com/2016/10/21/down-the-rabbit-hole-and-bac...

[2] A better audio jack console cable for Google Nexus devices http://www.pabr.org/consolejack/consolejack.en.html

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Post by Ms-J »

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #373
6177c40f wrote: post #365

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And let's not forget that many of them are probably browsing HN at this very moment. They could be you, they could be me!

> They could be you, they could be me! Couldn't be me: the private sector pays me waaaaaaaay more. Also, you can't work for the feds if you ever touch the ganja, which is ridiculous. Everyone I personally know in infosec leads a very... alternative west-coast lifestyle which is not conducive to career progression in an east-coast, button-down-shirt environment.

This is very much the truth, I used to work in infosec. Plus the moral implications of working for the feds! Too much on my conscience.

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Post by JamesSwift »

loxias wrote: post #376
DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #373

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> They could be you, they could be me! Couldn't be me: the private sector pays me waaaaaaaay more. Also, you can't work for the feds if you ever touch the ganja, which is ridiculous. Everyone I personally know in infosec leads a very... alternative west-coast lifestyle which is not conducive to career progression in an east-coast, button-down-shirt environment.

This. I entertained the idea of working in the public sector a while ago, for a brief time, until I learned that pot is fine in my past, but not in my present. "How the heck do you expect me to get the code written?" Also, I've been told that getting a clearance is more burden than blessing. You have restrictions that an "ordinary person" doesn't have, along with criminal penalties for violating them. Whereas, withou…

> I've been told that getting a clearance is more burden than blessing

Yes it definitely can be, but depends on your personality and stage of life. You are always cognizant of having a clearance and the need to maintain it, and so you consider that in your every day life. You also have to open your life up in uncomfortable ways, even if your only objection is in principal.

You probably don't sweat it too much later in life since you generally are a more 'boring' person, but I had mine in my mid 20's so was a lot more active in terms of social life. One time I was in downtown SF with a buddy hitting up bars etc and eventually had to cut out early because things were getting more drug oriented. I also used to play a lot of cards before getting a clearance and had contacts who were in some shady stuff. I basically excommunicated them from my life to avoid the clearance hassle.

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Post by jeffrallen »

6177c40f wrote: post #365
thinkingemote wrote: post #40

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The real answer? Because these people are just like us, geeks, nerds, techies, early adopters. They are just the same people we live and work with. The film Enemy of the State (1998) was science fiction except with the parts where the techy operators were just normal nerds like us. That what was most scary part of the film not the (at the time fantastic) surveillance.

And let's not forget that many of them are probably browsing HN at this very moment. They could be you, they could be me!

Piss off, spies. Why don't you come over to the light side of the force?

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Post by burnished »

hashkb wrote: post #287
burnished wrote: post #215

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I think the only thing you are missing is that most people most of the time don't want to hurt or bother others and that much of society functioning relies on this. Cause nothing stopping you from buying any of that, at what looks like very reasonable rates.

This is false. Most people will take advantage of any situation where they detect a low enough chance of consequences, regardleas of who is hurt. We act good because we don't want to be caught, embarrassed, or convicted and condemned. It's not that most people want to hurt others. It's just that most people care only for themselves. Source: reality.

Hey, we agree that most people don't want to hurt anyone! I think we're much closer to agreeing than you suspect.

Now, we could quibble about whether people are more like to help you or victimize you and we could both be right. Or, we could observe that I'm correct about society functioning mostly because people don't mess with other people very much, you could chalk it up to friction and the lack of interest in others, and I will chalk it up to general back-ground good will.

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Post by jeffrallen »

mlang23 wrote: post #335
thinkingemote wrote: post #40

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The real answer? Because these people are just like us, geeks, nerds, techies, early adopters. They are just the same people we live and work with. The film Enemy of the State (1998) was science fiction except with the parts where the techy operators were just normal nerds like us. That what was most scary part of the film not the (at the time fantastic) surveillance.

Maybe they are like you, but they are definitely not like me.

Amen, brother. The spooks recruited at my university, but I skipped that session. Hard pass.
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