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To: roadcat
...a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted surreptitiously into the computers...

If they can get that close - - just load a program - then hide it. If not, why not... Also, how is what NSA did both simple and clever?

18 posted on 01/14/2014 6:48:25 PM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: GOPJ
If they can get that close - - just load a program - then hide it. If not, why not... Also, how is what NSA did both simple and clever?

It's simple and clever, because one normally blocks existing pathways from their computer to the outside world. You can turn off wi-fi, blue-tooth, shut ports to your ethernet connections, etc. But an innocuous electronic device you're not aware of, that is connected to your data bus and transmitting on a separate radio band is genius. No hacking of software to bypass firewalls or routers. People often run virus-scans, disconnect physically from outside connections, but I bet they don't figure on a hidden radio signal in their computer. I dislike what the NSA is doing when it comes to spying on ordinary Americans, but I can still admire cleverness.

30 posted on 01/14/2014 7:47:03 PM PST by roadcat
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To: GOPJ; Reaganite Republican; ShadowAce; All

” - - - the agency since at least 2008, relies on a covert channel of radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted surreptitiously into the computers. - - - “

2008 means GWB started what Obama is using to enslave us.


35 posted on 01/14/2014 7:57:06 PM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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