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bemildred

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5. Back then I was trying to tell my bosses not to put things they care about on the web at all.

Reply to OnyxCollie (Reply #3)

Wed May 28, 2014, 10:27 AM

May 2014

Fat chance. I am familiar with the PGP episode, and I am well aware that the government fears the loss of surveillance. They like the permeability of the web, but they want to control it.

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Do Personal Computers Come With NSA Surveillance Devices Built-In As Standard? [View all] bemildred May 2014 OP

Yes, doable and plausible IMO. n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #1

Oh quite, I used to write custom keyboard drivers, on DOS. bemildred May 2014 #2

From 1999: OnyxCollie May 2014 #3

Back then I was trying to tell my bosses not to put things they care about on the web at all. bemildred May 2014 #5

didn't Apple or some phone Leme May 2014 #4

inverting converter burfman May 2014 #6

Inverting converter: bemildred May 2014 #7

quite a tech feat t use that tho hack a keyboard burfman May 2014 #10

I'm guessing it's about a power source for the other things. bemildred May 2014 #11

All these years... AnneD May 2014 #8

Sure the Chinese are making spy chips Progressive dog May 2014 #9

Yup! Chinese manufacturin plants is stuffin th'boxes full o'goodies for th'NSA! struggle4progress May 2014 #12

I imagine the chinese are working on their own behalf. bemildred May 2014 #13