[MLB-WIRELESS] Why does my typing appear on my neighbour's PC?

[Jon Teh]

Nice find Barry :)

Personally, I was just waiting for this to happen...


-- Jon Teh

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 03:58:21PM +1100, Barry Park wrote:
> Bwhahahahahahaha.
> - Barry
> 
> Why does my typing appear on my neighbour's PC?
> By Drew Cullen
> Posted: 06/11/2002 at 16:18 GMT
> 
> 
> HP's wireless keyboards can transmit data to other computers in faraway
> buildings. No this is not a feature but an astonishing security flaw,
> discovered by two neighbours in Stavanger, southern Norway.
> 
> "Per Arild Evjeberg and Per Erik Helle made headlines (in Norway) when they
> discovered that text Evjeberg was typing in was appearing in Helle's
> apartment, 150 meters and at least two walls away," Aftenposten reports
> (relax it's in English.
> 
> More at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27971.html
> 

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