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Why does my typing appear on my neighbour's PC?
By Drew Cullen
Posted: 06/11/2002 at 16:18 GMT
HP's wireless keyboards can transmit data to other computers in faraway
buildings. No this is not a feature but an astonishing security flaw,
discovered by two neighbours in Stavanger, southern Norway.
"Per Arild Evjeberg and Per Erik Helle made headlines (in Norway) when
they discovered that text Evjeberg was typing in was appearing in Helle's
apartment, 150 meters and at least two walls away," Aftenposten reports
(relax it's in English.
"'It was discouraging. When Per Arild started typing with his new keyboard
it popped up on my screen again. It isn't his keyboard that is the
problem, it is the keyboard in general. HP must realize that the sender is
emitting far too powerful signals. Users have basically no control over
who receives the signals,' Helle said."
HP Norway says it is treating the problem 'deadly seriously' and it's
worried that the problem is "much larger than we first believed". The
company proposes to conduct on-site tests, but if it the problem is not
isolated to the keyboard, or to some peculiar set of circumstances unique
to Stavanger then it may have to consider a recall.
HP has sold 65,000 wireless keyboards in Europe and smaller numbers in
North America, Aftenposten reports. ®
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