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Security on wireless mouse and keyboard

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Mar 15, 2026996 views
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Problem

At work I am using a wireless mouse and keyboard. I was sitting at my desk this morning wondering if and how they are secured against key loggers. What stops another device from listening to my key strokes and looking for things like: Is the assumption that the range on these devices is too small t…

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www.mybank.com<tab>1111222233334444<tab>mypassword

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Fix for: Security on wireless mouse and keyboard

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Wireless keyboards should be considered insecure unless they specifically state they use channel encryption. Do a google search for 'keykeriki' - it's a sniffing tool for wireless keyboards. eg: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/wireless-keyboar…

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