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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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 Posted - 2007-12-10 : 07:15:36
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Microsoft-wireless-keyboard-hacked-from-50-meters/0,130061702,339284328,00.htm
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Microsoft's director of security response, Mark Miller, said the company was investigating Dreamlab's claims. He said Microsoft was unaware of any attacks exploiting the claimed vulnerability or any customer impact.
Obfuscating only? Yikes...
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
5581 Posts |
Posted - 2007-12-10 : 07:24:28
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XOR for encryption...and that too by MS! That's absurd!
Harsh Athalye
India.
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2007-12-10 : 08:20:58
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I mean, they spend millions of dollars to build a new keyboard, and forget about the encryption?
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
6065 Posts |
Posted - 2007-12-10 : 16:57:48
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I heard that their first attempt was to use pig-latin. but there was some ambiguity problems. "fat ass" and "phat ass" both "encripted" to atassFey.
Be One with the Optimizer
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
6065 Posts |
Posted - 2007-12-10 : 17:18:20
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<cricket>...<cricket>
sorry -
Mladen, if you want to take back your encouragement to start posting again I'll understand 
Be One with the Optimizer
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
7020 Posts |
Posted - 2007-12-10 : 18:16:16
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In retrospect, they probably shouldn't have let the summer intern design the security.
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What were they thinking?