Author Archives: kosh

Current Event : Keyboard hacking (from thin air!)

A move over scanning the keyboard with infra-red cameras for heat signatures, listening to keystrokes and simple shoulder surfing. Say hello to hacking through thin air or electromagnetic waves, rather. Apparently, all keyboards generate unique electromagnetic waves for every single … Continue reading

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Security Review : Add-ons

An add-on is a simple plugin that you use, say for firefox, to let you do your work more easily. This also lets you customize the browser in ways that do not affect the productivity of other people. Add-ons are … Continue reading

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Current Event : Privacy is a joke

How many of you have received letters from your banks about a ‘revised’ privacy policy? Have you even bothered to read through this revised policy information? And the .000001% percent of you that have, have you ever found anything objectionable … Continue reading

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