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DATE | 2015-07-14 |
FROM | mrbrklyn@panix.com
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [dmarti@zgp.org: [linux-elitists] Get _off_ the mic]
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From owner-hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Tue Jul 14 22:32:46 2015 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) id 332D216115B; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: hangout-outgoing-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 28) id 191C016115F; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 11A0E16115E; Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:32:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:32:43 -0400 From: mrbrklyn-at-panix.com To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [dmarti-at-zgp.org: [linux-elitists] Get _off_ the mic] Message-ID: <20150715023243.GA17331-at-www.mrbrklyn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com [NYLXS: HANGOUT] X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com X-Mailing-list: hangout-at-nylxs.com Precedence: list List-Id: NYLXS General Discussion Forum List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe:
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:45:49 -0700 From: Don Marti To: linux-elitists-at-zgp.org Subject: [linux-elitists] Get _off_ the mic User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Just wondering about this LWN story...
"Even if the binary only does what it is purported to do, it can turn on the microphone and upload what it hears to a remote site to search for a key phrase."
https://lwn.net/Articles/648392/
Hooray for Debian for catching the immediate problem, but now I'm wondering: Is there some kind of wrapper that would prevent a certain application from getting access to the mic in the first place? Something like
nomic /usr/bin/wtf
or some PulseAudio command that would have the same effect?
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