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Comment by gatehouse

Up to now I had never considered the need for protection against a mid-keystroke attack. Ideally it would have to involve no unusual hardware or software, or you might as well just slap a "I'm a criminal" sticker on your forehead.

Second, I can't see it working properly if you need to do something specific when you're being struck.

Closest thing I can think of:

- headphones must be plugged in to launch a certain program

- if headphones are unplugged before program is closed, lock and begin wipe

- don't, under any circumstances, let go of the headphones

At this level of paranoia you probably also need interrogation training. Ideally you'd also have your sensitive stuff on a machine that is both hidden and protected, and only access it remotely. You want to be able to deny its existence to have any chance of withstanding a torture attack.

Edit: iphone earbuds have a switch that you might be able to use in your hand/mouth as a deadman switch, but I can't see that being workable for more than a few seconds.

Also, if you're in public, they could film your monitor... so that would need to be sanitized somehow as well.

parent gatehouse 11 years ago

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