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To: ShadowAce

Any chance of it affecting Linux? (They changed the name Logitech to Logicool a few years ago here, but same company, as far as I know..)

Shouldn’t be too much a worry anyway, I switch the mouse off when I’m not too active on it to save battery.


13 posted on 02/25/2016 7:28:57 AM PST by Bikkuri ((...))
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To: Bikkuri
Any chance of it affecting Linux?

It looks like they are attacking the driver/firmware of the USB dongle--not anything in the OS. They are thus connecting to your laptop/computer without having to login or other attack vectors.

So--this would be OS-independent, and all are vulnerable if you use a wireless mouse.

15 posted on 02/25/2016 7:32:57 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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