Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Bluetooth data transmission is encrypted. Initialization typically happens only through the press of a physical button.
I assume you're using wireless devices of the same manufacturer, that uses an alternative that is not Bluetooth, and has automatic pairing without a safeguard.
This is not about wireless primarily. Use a decent product and standard and you don't have that issue.
Still using a PS/2 keyboard from like 2007. Checkmate.
My Wireless keyboard is a Keychron. It doesn't have a dedicated adapter, it'll connect to any device with Bluetooth capabilities. From what I've seen of how it works, is that it can store up to 3 device signatures to automatically connect to (you can choose which of the three is active). What I assume it's storing is the MAC address which I thought is unique to the device.
All my passwords are random characters and I just copy/paste out of bitwarden. Can't leak that with a wireless keyboard.
Does that work for logging in?
I only log in on my own devices. On devices that I don't own, I change the password afterwards.
I think they mean logging into the device itself. Like, if you have a computer at work with a work login, etc.
Fair enough, that is a bit complicated. Thank you for clarification.
So what you're saying is that the password to get all your passwords from the cloud is typed onto a wireless keyboard?
do you have one with 2.4ghz receiver?
like one of the plug and connect; no pairing required ones?
yeah these are garbage...
It was indeed a 2.4 Ghz one.
Lol my closest neighbor is half a mile away checkmate
Pay no attention to that unmarked van
Can-tenna yaggi omni bi-focal ... satellite dish made into a bigass reflector collector. I'll get you from well down the street.
I guess being old fashioned and sticking with my model M has it's advantages.
The guy sitting next to you hates you
It is also problematic that you can send keypresses to the other person, especially since she was only using the receiver for a mouse.
I don't use wireless because batteries suck to deal with. I learned that in my teens with a wireless headset, wireless mouse and wireless keyboard!
I don't know how old you are, but I used to think the same thing in my teens, however nowadays wireless nice last pretty long on a single charge. Mine lasts about 3 months, and in endurance mode like half a year.
modern (bt) devices usually have a built in battery that can be recharged via cable (or use the cable to connect the device to it's computer), so that issue is off the table, at least for better devices.
Shit my current computer only works with wireless keyboard...Although I guess I could get a regular one and use one of the USB ports. Good to know, thanks.
If the keyboard is connected via Bluetooth, it should be quite secure.
It's connected via wireless USB.
According to Wikipedia, wireless USB should be secure too: "The goal of the specification was to preserve the functional model of USB, based on intelligent hosts and behaviorally simple devices, while allowing it to operate in a wireless environment and keeping security on a par with the levels offered by traditional wired systems."
Phew. Thanks for doing the research and sharing the info
Don't use cheap ones with white label components. Sender and receiver having a shared key would resolve this.
thank you