On: usbredir: A protocol for sending USB device traffi...

[gruez]

> Somebody snooping on or spoofing my mouse seems like an academic threat.

You're not concerned that anyone within a 100 ft radius of you can inject arbitrary keystrokes/mouse movements to your PC?

[lupusreal → gruez]

No, definitely not. The intersection of people who would think to do that, have the skill for it, and the inclination to view me personally as their target is probably zero.

[tombert → lupusreal]

Not to mention that I don't think anyone but a few niche enthusiasts even have the hardware to do it even if they had the skills and inclination. Who's going to walk around with a 15 year old laptop brute-forcing wireless USB encryption, or find some obscure hub and do it on a modern laptop?

I'm not going to say the likelihood is "zero", but I am going to say it's so close to zero that it's really not worth even considering.

[ElevenLathe → tombert]

Might be possible to do with SDR rather than needing the original hardware. Not that this makes it super more likely.

[toast0 → gruez]

Anyone within a 100 ft radius of my PC is in my house and could just come over and poke at the mouse.

[coderjames → toast0]

Or in the apartment or condominium above or below you across any of a few floors, depending on shielding. For those not living in standalone houses.

[chrsig → toast0]

That's somehow both a much less elaborate and significantly more invasive approach to pranking wfh coworkers.

[codetrotter → chrsig]

> wfh coworkers

I usually call her my girlfriend, but I suppose that’s another way to refer to one’s significant other :p

[taneq → chrsig]

I inadvertently pranked myself like this. For a while my laptop got super haunted, occasionally the cursor would jiggle slightly even when I wasn’t touching the mouse. Eventually I realised that the Bluetooth mouse in my bag which I’d totally forgotten about was getting bumped and turning on.