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Malformed input?
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:06:07 -0700
Came back to the computer after some time away, to find the sun shining full on the desk and part of the screen. And, of course, the screen has blanked from lack of input during that time. So, I pull the drapes forward to shade the screen--and the screen pops up, even though I haven't touched the keyboard or the mouse. Considering this, I realize that a) it's an optical mouse, and b) it was on the part of the desk that was in the sun, and is now shaded when I pulled the drapes. So, being a security geek, I start to wonder: a) how the system interpretted that light? b) how hard it would be to figure out how to get a laser to create specific "actions" on the computer? (And if the optical sensor's range is wide enough that you can do it with an IR laser, so the user doesn't realize what you are doing?) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org There's no eating or drinking in the galleries. - security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explaining why breastfeeding or nursing in public (NIP) should not be allowed in the institution victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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