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John Young wrote:
> A sends:
>
> AES 128 in hardware under a buck
>
> I'm currently working with low power radios in consumer electronics.
> Zigbee/RF4C, Bluetooth low energy, etc.
>
>
> http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/cc2530.pdf
>
> http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/cc2540.pdf
>
> The interesting thing is that there are chips which contain a processor,
> a 2.4GHz radio, and AES 128 in hardware.
>
> For a few bucks or less. Going into things like TV remote controls. Great
> for protecting your keystrokes on a qwerty remote control when using TV
> like a computer. Makes you wonder about AES 128. ....
>
> Also, adding a microphone (think Siri voice control) is becoming
> commonplace.
> Which can be fun but the microphone is in a system which can be manipulated.
>
> As someone (DIRNSA ?) recently said, folks are bugging themselves.
>
> At least certain Sun workstations of old turned on an LED when the microphone
> was enabled. ....
>
> It is now trivial to make a bursted, encrypted audio bug the size of the
> battery
> plus a little.
>
>
>
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James M. Atkinson
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Received on Sat Mar 02 2024 - 00:57:26 CST