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On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Actually it was placed there by insurance companies so they can get out of having to pay for your medical bills. Matthew Shields Owner BeanTown Host - Web Hosting, Domain Names, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Managed Services www.beantownhost.com www.sysadminvalley.com www.jeeprally.com Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/beantownhost> Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/beantownhost>
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