On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300 Mauro Souza via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic box, and you are good to go. Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting traces giving power to the wireless module would be more permanent, but a Faraday cage is faster to deploy and "undeploy."
my tinfoil hat works well. maybe you can make a slightly larger tinfoil box?
Many companies are now developing equipment for home use that is for the latest buzz in the world - - IoT (more morons them!).
"Whenever IoT comes up, I remind people that in IoT, the S stands for security and the P for privacy" - Thomas Delrue
There is, as a result, the need to be searching for a cell phone signal (a wireless section that can only be put in airplane mode not an off). This machine behavior has me very concerned about my personal information security. Any suggestions on how to 'shut off' wireless services on a machine that doesn't really have too much in the way for access?
(Only access that I can see is through the memory card but that only has data loaded no system information - - - no other visible ports. Any ideas for hacks to disable this wireless module will be gratefully accepted. (I do need the machine to work though so no - - - sledge hammers aren't an option!!! Have thought of using a farady cage but am not sure if that's going to be sufficient.)
Regards
Dee
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