full-disclosure - Re: PC/Laptop microphones

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Message-Id: <20070130173040.7410EDA84A@mailserver8.hushmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:30:38 -0500
From: <auto458033@...hmail.com>
To: "Simon Smith" <simon@...soft.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: PC/Laptop microphones

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Sounds very technical.

Very advanced analysis, and very good advice.  I assume that this
could possibly theoretically effect some legacy cellphones too,
maybe, I think... likely or not?  You tell me.

oh shit i need to get back in character.

NIGGERS

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:02:14 -0500 Simon Smith <simon@...soft.com>
wrote:
>Jim,
>    In all reality you don't have to be an agent  to do this. You
>could just
>write an exploit that when successfully executed would compromise
>the target
>and then fetch an application from a remote site. I'm sure that
>things like
>this have been done in the past. Hell imagine what you could do
>with a web
>cam! ;]
>
>    New telephones are no different I'm sure.
>
>On 1/29/07 9:26 PM, "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop@...oo.com> wrote:
>
>> I started this discussion elsewhere, but I feel that there is
>more
>> experience and concern here.   When I look at BIOS settings I
>see config
>> options to disable sound cards, USB, CDROM, INTs, etc., but what
>about
>> the PC or laptop microphone?  Does disabling the sound card
>remove the
>> availability of a built-in microphone? What if I want to play
>mp3s but
>> never have the need to use a microphone? Given recent info about
>the US
>> FBIs capabilities to remotely enable mobile phone microphones
>> (presumably via corporate cellular service providers), what
>prevents my
>> OS provider (or distribution) and ISP from working on a way to
>listen in
>> on my office or home conversations via the microphone or the
>built-in
>> speakers?  Thoughts?
>>
>> -Jim P.
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