tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4155403790188037880..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Malware uses headphones as microphonesBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-78133740427171634552016-11-23T21:22:11.040-05:002016-11-23T21:22:11.040-05:00Take a pair of old headphones or earbuds, cut '...Take a pair of old headphones or earbuds, cut 'em off, strip the wires and twist them together. When you plug this into the headphone jack it will be a direct short, with no audio transducer of any kind in the circuit.<br /><br />That should stop them ... for a while.<br /><br /><br />- Don in OregonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024449355688165717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-1669908855916427772016-11-23T13:45:09.990-05:002016-11-23T13:45:09.990-05:00Ted, my understanding is that the channel has to b...Ted, my understanding is that the channel has to be input or output. So if you set an "Easy Listening" playlist (or whatever your poison is) then you don't need to worry about this.<br /><br />But that suggests if you have built-in speakers you shouldn't plug headphones in.<br /><br />Dang, I'm about folding tinfoil hats ...Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66268294645938549392016-11-23T13:32:42.512-05:002016-11-23T13:32:42.512-05:00They can listen to the keyboard clicks in my offic...They can listen to the keyboard clicks in my office all they want. Don't have a web cam. ... or headphones. But i do have speakers. For the times i run tv through my browser. ..... and they can listen to that also. But that maybe hard since I suspect you can't use the same speakers as both an output and a input device simultaneously Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216706192174133181noreply@blogger.com