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LAN traffic can be wirelessly sniffed from cables with $30 setup, says researcher

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Re: I thought LAN cables were shielded

Used to work with access control systems. Rather than call in proper security installers, they would call in a sparkie - who would then be on the phone to us.....

Part of the software (originally for Win3.1x) made use of the tab key. If I told him to press the tab key, there was a stoney silence, wait a few seconds then "it's the big key upper left next to the Q", I would recline the chair, feet up on my desk and just take it easy for a bit.....

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