Re: wireless keyboard encryption
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:23:07AM -0600, Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> was heard to say:
> I've also seen this "enable encryption" option on my wireless keyboard at
> home.
>
> I think the more important question for the original poster is really --
> how far away do you think your keyboard can be reliably received (just walk
> away from the computer and see where you can go... type things into a text
> editor like, "Now I'm on the stairs", "Now I'm in the kitchen", "Now I'm on
> the back porch", and then walk back and see what's on the screen.
Another question is, do you really believe that the "encryption" will
protect you? Just because a company *tells* you that your data is
being encrypted doesn't mean that the encryption is any more secure than
ROT13!
Daniel
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