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| DATE | 2015-07-14 |
| FROM | mrbrklyn@panix.com
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [dmarti@zgp.org: [linux-elitists] Get _off_ the mic]
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----- Forwarded message from Don Marti -----
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:45:49 -0700
From: Don Marti
To: linux-elitists-at-zgp.org
Subject: [linux-elitists] Get _off_ the mic
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Just wondering about this LWN story...
"Even if the binary only does what it is purported
to do, it can turn on the microphone and upload
what it hears to a remote site to search for a
key phrase."
https://lwn.net/Articles/648392/
Hooray for Debian for catching the immediate problem,
but now I'm wondering: Is there some kind of wrapper
that would prevent a certain application from getting
access to the mic in the first place? Something like
nomic /usr/bin/wtf
or some PulseAudio command that would have the same
effect?
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