> A simple cell phone charger becomes a listening device that could have an LTE modem hiding in it.
You can already get USB cables that have a hidden mic and sim, so if powered you can phone up and listen in. Those a very cheap and google shows this, but this is more adventurous.
As for targeting hardware and security - how many people would question a fancy free mouse or keyboard arriving in the internal post as it happened to of been dropped of at reception. Great pentesting trick btw.
As for chips with `hidden/undocumented` remote activated features. If it was documented, would it be bad or something you can use or actively block off. When they are undocumented, well - hard not to think the worst. But then, CPU's today, not fully documented when you can't hack away at the microcode and management and whatever else is DRM'd out of your reach.
If Intel was a Chinese company instead of American - how would Americans feel about Intel chips? That is an interesting thought exercise.
I don't think this is any better elsewhere. If anything, the higher concentration of tech in America might make some of her citizens better prepared. But most everyone doesn't care beyond "making the darn box work."
You can already get USB cables that have a hidden mic and sim, so if powered you can phone up and listen in. Those a very cheap and google shows this, but this is more adventurous.
As for targeting hardware and security - how many people would question a fancy free mouse or keyboard arriving in the internal post as it happened to of been dropped of at reception. Great pentesting trick btw.
As for chips with `hidden/undocumented` remote activated features. If it was documented, would it be bad or something you can use or actively block off. When they are undocumented, well - hard not to think the worst. But then, CPU's today, not fully documented when you can't hack away at the microcode and management and whatever else is DRM'd out of your reach.
If Intel was a Chinese company instead of American - how would Americans feel about Intel chips? That is an interesting thought exercise.