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On 11/02/2011 01:10 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote: > At my work, here are a few vending machines. One of these machines has a > nice little antenna on it. Presumably, it communicates via cellular > network to the vendor in order to report on usage and supplies. Yes, good > idea. Cool. > > It occurs to me that this machine, most likely, did not have to go through > any vetting. Not only that, I bet the grunts that stock these machines are > hired more for strong backs and no criminal record. > > So, here we have a powered machine with external wireless connectivity on > the premises with no actual over site. It is there 24x7, powered! > > Think of all the cool/evil things you could put in a vending machine with > a wireless link. Imagine having direct access to a Linux box in almost any > company you want. You could run any software you want. You could have > wi-fi too. Could you break the company's wireless security? Could you > monitor their wireless communications? Could you eaves drop on > conversations near by? > > Everyone suspects the cleaning crew, and if you are interested in > security, you do background checks. Almost no one cares about the vending > machines. The vending machine was placed in your office by Homeland Security because it thinks you are a terrorist and is currently spying on you :-) -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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