Full Disclosure: Re: PC/Laptop microphones

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Sounds very technical.

Very advanced analysis, and very good advice.  I assume that this
could possibly theoretically effect some legacy cellphones too,
maybe, I think... likely or not?  You tell me.

oh shit i need to get back in character.

NIGGERS

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:02:14 -0500 Simon Smith <simon () snosoft com>
wrote:
> Jim,
>    In all reality you don't have to be an agent  to do this. You
> could just
> write an exploit that when successfully executed would compromise
> the target
> and then fetch an application from a remote site. I'm sure that
> things like
> this have been done in the past. Hell imagine what you could do
> with a web
> cam! ;]
>
>    New telephones are no different I'm sure.
>
> On 1/29/07 9:26 PM, "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop () yahoo com> wrote:
>
> > I started this discussion elsewhere, but I feel that there is
> more
> > experience and concern here.   When I look at BIOS settings I
> see config
> > options to disable sound cards, USB, CDROM, INTs, etc., but what
> about
> > the PC or laptop microphone?  Does disabling the sound card
> remove the
> > availability of a built-in microphone? What if I want to play
> mp3s but
> > never have the need to use a microphone? Given recent info about
> the US
> > FBIs capabilities to remotely enable mobile phone microphones
> > (presumably via corporate cellular service providers), what
> prevents my
> > OS provider (or distribution) and ISP from working on a way to
> listen in
> > on my office or home conversations via the microphone or the
> built-in
> > speakers?  Thoughts?
> >
> > -Jim P.
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