[48655] in Cypherpunks
Re: FV's Borenstein discovers keystroke capture programs! (pictures at 11!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathaniel Borenstein)
Tue Jan 30 09:29:06 1996
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 09:24:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@nsb.fv.com>
To: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>,
Tim Oerting <timo@microsoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=msft%l=RED-66-MSG960129190324HH007C00@red-02-imc.itg.microsoft.com>
> But I just can't believe that he thinks that
the telephone is more secure on average than a keyboard.
We have a few pages of C code that scan everything you type on a
keyboard, and selects only the credit card numbers. How easy is that to
do with credit card numbers spoken over a telephone?
The key is large-scale automated attacks, not one-time interceptions.
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Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@fv.com>
Chief Scientist, First Virtual Holdings
FAQ & PGP key: nsb+faq@nsb.fv.com
