[48686] in Cypherpunks
Re: FV's Borenstein discovers keystroke capture programs! (
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Trei)
Tue Jan 30 12:21:38 1996
From: "Peter Trei" <ptrei@acm.org>
To: <nsb@nsb.fv.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 12:13:20 -6
Reply-To: trei@process.com
In <kl3Wc7OMc50eRIr810@nsb.fv.com> "Nathaniel Borenstein" wrote:
> 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?
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In: <sl3SprmMc50eAWY4U=@nsb.fv.com> "Nathaniel Borenstein" wrote:
>I used to trust the telephone not to be tapped in a selective way based on
>keyword recognition, but in recent years, with the improvement in voice
>recognition technology, I have stopped trusting it that way, and I know
>plenty of other people have too -- if you say "NSA" into a cellular call,
>you are probably inviting an eavesdropper.
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Can you make up your mind, please? Do you regard automated
voice recognition as a threat to your privacy, or not? Is there
some reason you think it's lot easier to recognize a spoken "NSA"
than "Three One Four One Five Nine Two Six Five Four"?
Consistancy is a wonderful thing - you should try it sometime.
speaking strictly for myself
Peter Trei
ptrei@acm.org
PS: I've kept a log of this whole silly thread. It will not be forgotten.
