Tor_and_The_Dark_Net_Remain_Anonymous_and_Evade_NSA_Spying_by_James

MONITORING YOU WITH AN
ANTENNA
First thing I want you to do is find a secure way of watching this video. Remember they
log everyone who watches these videos.
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x74iq0
This video shows how using a strong antenna, sitting in a van outside your home, the FBI
could be picking up on your keystrokes on a wired keyboard. In fact, many people
speculate that the new smart meters installed in many homes already have this technology
to determine everything you are doing in your home electronically. Wired and wireless
keyboards emit electromagnetic waves, because they contain electronic components. This
electromagnetic radiation could reveal sensitive information such as keystrokes as shown
in the video. Every electromagnetic wave is unique to the device using it, which gives a
person spying on you the ability to tell the difference between you using your computer
versus the dishwasher.
According to the people who did this experiment, they were able to extend the range up to
20 meters using relatively cheap technology. This was for wired keyboards by the way,
and they go on to explain that wireless keyboards and mice are even easier. Which brings
us to another area of interest, wireless transmissions. Things like wireless keyboards and
wireless mice are vulnerable to eavesdropping as well. If they are not using a strong
enough encryption to send data to the receiver, anyone can be listening in on your
keystrokes and mouse activity. Probably something most people never thought about
either, this is on top of the electromagnetic waves that can also be picked up.
“Microsoft has upgraded the weak encryption found on today’s mass-market
wireless keyboards with a new design that uses 128-bit AES to secure
communication to and from the PC.
Hitherto, keyboard encryption has been weak, with keys chosen from a small
palette of possibilities, with one hacking group claiming in 2009 that it had
developed a tool specifically to sniff keystrokes from Microsoft keyboards at a
range up to a 10 metres.”
http://news.techworld.com/security/3284218/new-microsoft-wirelesskeyboard-gets-128-bit-encryption/
Are you using wireless technology? How old is it? Might be time to upgrade your
equipment. 10 meters is about 33 feet, but remember the technology available to the
government could potentially reach beyond that. Then there are other things people forget
such as wireless monitors which broadcast your screen to a receiver that can be picked up.
Just think about the old antennas people used to have on top of their homes, and how far
away those could pick up signals from TV stations, if you had one of those pointed at you
in a van across the street, there is no doubt they could be eavesdropping on your activities