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Re: IP: Fw: [FiB FORUM] Anti-Terror Tools Include High-Tech
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Enzo Michelangeli)
Tue Oct 30 10:43:59 2001
Date: 30 Oct 2001 01:34:50 -0800
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To: rah@shipwright.com
From: Enzo Michelangeli <em@who.net>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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On Mon, 29 October 2001, "R. A. Hettinga" wrote:
[...]
> The key-logger, hidden inside a computer, secretly records everything a
> suspect
> types on it. The device lets authorities capture passwords to unscramble data
> files in otherwise-unbreakable codes.
So what happens if the application gets the passphrase from mouse clicks over a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen (maybe with layout randomly scrambled, non-standard fonts etc)? This isn't even an original idea: Nat Borenstein used it, a few years ago, in the UI for the now defunct First Virtual payment system.
Enzo
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