• AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    So how do we fix this? Dumb nerds never think about the consequences of their creations.

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      4 months ago

      From the article: “Even knowing that Kamkar’s silent, invisible, long-distance laser spy trick exists, how does anyone hide their secrets from it? He suggests that companies install double-paned or reflective glass. Some security device companies also sell protection devices that affix to windows and vibrate them to prevent laser microphone spying, and Kamkar concedes he hasn’t tested his attack against those. But he also suggests a safer countermeasure: “Don’t work on computers visible from a window,” he says. “Or just have dirty windows.””

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        4 months ago

        Companies can’t even be convinced to have longer passwords on their wifi. And open office plans mean every computer faces a window

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            4 months ago

            The problem is the companies aren’t suffering the majority of the consequences of the security breaches, it’s the people these companies have personal information on & that includes people who have never done business with these companies but that these companies purchased data on.

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            4 months ago

            But I work at companies and I would like my info to not be hacked. Their fuck ups affect employees and customers

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      4 months ago

      Play loud music and walk on a treadmill while on the PC. Type using stroke length of your cock to determine which letter to use.

      There, not so dumb now, are we?