Reply to post: Re: Why on earth

LightAnchors array: LEDs in routers, power strips, and more, can sneakily ship data to this smartphone app

Lord Elpuss Silver badge

Re: Why on earth

"@Lord Elpuss - "zero risk of getting hacked"

Really?

It's a line-of-sight data leak."

Yes really; a data leak is not the same as hacking. A data leak might be the result of a hack, but a leak and a hack are not the same thing. Plus it's not really a 'leak' if it's broadcasting by design.

Re your movie plot scenario, the critical system would need to have a receiving component in order to receive the modulated input from the laser pointer; an LED is transmit-only so your laser pointer would have nothing to communicate with.

Which of course won't stop Hollywood making a movie about it...

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