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[CM] Hacking headphones to serve as a microphone
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RS Wood
2016-11-27 14:31:38 UTC
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From the «try taping those up, sucker» department:
Title: Drops the mic... Hang on, hackers could be listening through my headphones?
Author: John Leyden
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:10:49 -0500
Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/25/speaker_microphone_malware_hack/

RealTek codec vuln can switch speakers from output to input

Experimental malware has highlighted the possibility that hackers might be able
to turn headphones into microphones in order to snoop on computer users.…
Jim
2017-01-10 17:50:39 UTC
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:31:38 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
Post by RS Wood
Title: Drops the mic... Hang on, hackers could be listening through my headphones?
Author: John Leyden
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:10:49 -0500
Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/25/speaker_microphone_malware_hack/
RealTek codec vuln can switch speakers from output to input
You'd notice when the earphones stopped working ?
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:: Jim, Wessex

I survived Hitler and Thatcher both.
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