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[Cryptography] How Snowden broke the NSA, how to break them again.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phillip Hallam-Baker)
Fri Nov 8 13:29:53 2013
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:16:13 -0800
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@gmail.com>
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Instructive reading:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/net-us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBRE9A703020131108
It occurs to me that Snowden could have done the same thing armed with just
a smartphone.
1) He loads a custom app onto the phone that monitors the microphone in the
background and performs acoustic keystroke snooping.
2) Goes over to the person and asks them to type a bunch of text while he
is close, at some point they are asked to enter their password while he
looks the other way.
3) Profit!
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Instructive reading:</div><div><br></div><a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/net-us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBR=
E9A703020131108">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/08/net-us-usa-secur=
ity-snowden-idUSBRE9A703020131108</a><br clear=3D"all">
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It occurs to me that Snowden could have =
done the same thing armed with just a smartphone.</div><div><br></div><div>=
1) He loads a custom app onto the phone that monitors the microphone in the=
background and performs acoustic keystroke snooping.</div>
<div><br></div><div>2) Goes over to the person and asks them to type a bunc=
h of text while he is close, at some point they are asked to enter their pa=
ssword while he looks the other way.</div><div><br></div><div>3) Profit!</d=
iv>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Website: <a href=3D"http://hallambaker=
.com/">http://hallambaker.com/</a><br>
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