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Suggestion / Warning about closed source wifi and keyboard / touch pad firmware
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10-08-2022, 12:37 PM
(10-08-2022, 10:57 AM)omarcomputing Wrote: If someone can get physical access to your pinebook (and reverse engineer the firmware or buy it from the manufacturer), they could upload a modified keyboard firmware that includes a key logger.
I use tamper evident stickers over some of the screw holes and over the SD card slot to prevent this.

Or they could modify your operating system to do whatever.

If they can, you can.

You already can alter the keyboard firmware. You can turn off the Wi-Fi. Mine is turned off; I use a USB WiFi dongle.
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RE: Suggestion / Warning about closed source wifi and keyboard / touch pad firmware - by KC9UDX - 10-08-2022, 12:37 PM

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