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VodkaFish
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 Posted - 11 November 2002 : 16:34:06
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Gremlin - I'm a big fan of the keyboard and really love the mouse.
As for Natural keyboards, I find nothing natural about them  Thing is: I never "learned" how to type. I was a little kid playing with an 8088 and just started pecking away. Inevitably, I just flow now, and probably do many of the same things one "should", but those keyboards really seem to slow me down.
I use a little gel thing to help my wrists. It's not too mushy, and seems to provide just enough comfort. Every once in a while my wrists kill, but I think it's from either way too many hours, or sometimes it's provoked from a bad move at the gym.
I do sometimes move my keyboard around, and it is nice to have it be wireless. Less wires the better, and that's for everything. As for fears of security, I have none as I only use these things in my house, not an office or apartment building. |
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Reinsnitz
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 11 November 2002 : 16:46:04
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| just takes someone driving up on the street with a reciever... just sit there and record. (not to bring any paranoya to the conversation) hehe |
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VodkaFish
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 11 November 2002 : 18:31:22
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Yeah, I saw them doing it with a Pringles can on the news  I'm not too worried. I never type things in like SS#'s, etc. anyway. |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
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Posted - 11 November 2002 : 19:54:59
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Originally posted by reinsnitz
just takes someone driving up on the street with a reciever... just sit there and record. (not to bring any paranoya to the conversation) hehe
Not quite that simple, with the Logitech ones you just switch on the Encyption feature :) |
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 11 November 2002 : 21:18:08
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Originally posted by Gremlin
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Originally posted by reinsnitz
just takes someone driving up on the street with a reciever... just sit there and record. (not to bring any paranoya to the conversation) hehe
Not quite that simple, with the Logitech ones you just switch on the Encyption feature :)
You could be using an HP wireless keyboard. In which case, you wouldn't even need the pringles can receiver. It would automatically show up on your neighbor's PC if they were using the same HP keyboard.
Read all about it at The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27971.html
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pdrg
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 12 November 2002 : 20:43:53
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Thanks seahorse that's the link I was trying to remember!
Can you imagine what could happen if multip people in your neighborhood used the same HP wireless keyboards?
User 1 types in an email:
Hi Mom! Things are going great here!
User 2 types in an email to a friend:
... I got my nose pierced at this woderful place in town....
User 3 types in an email to Dad:
...I just lost my job last week. Please send money to...
User 4 types his bank account information into Microsoft Money:
Bank of London - Account number:0000000000
User 5's email self populates with information from his neighbors and looks like this:
Hi Mom! Things are going great here! I got my nose pierced at this woderful place in town. I just lost my job last week. Please send money to Bank of London - Account number:0000000000
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 November 2002 : 05:23:35
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Or you could just leave your cursor in a copy of notepad and have yourself a fully-effective wireless keystroke logger harvesting every credit-card transaction, every password, web searches etc. Completely non-invasive and non-detectable. Dangerous! So I personally will be steering well clear of wireless keybs!
Wireless mice, however, should cause no security breaches, but may annoy your co-workers as you shift their cursor around their screen for them ! |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 13 November 2002 : 05:55:24
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| afaik the HP problem is a real exception to the rule, most employ some form of Secure mode (though may not be enabled by default) |
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Azaniah
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 November 2002 : 08:47:25
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My neighbours are such ludites that it's not really a problem. lol
Plus are they really that interested in what I'm telling my sidekick to do in Neverwinters Night? |
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Reinsnitz
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
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Posted - 13 November 2002 : 12:34:23
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| hehe :) what a world :) |
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