Microphone blocker (Microphone blocker) is a device to prevent listening, an accessory for a smartphone, laptop, PDA or similar device, which is designed to disable the built-in microphone, there is also an anti-spyware program for Android with the same name, which disconnects the microphone. The microphone blocker can also be “mic blocker” or “mic lock”. Physically, a microphone lock is a plug that plugs into the external microphone jack of a mobile device. [1] The lock disconnects the signal from the built-in microphone, tricking the device into thinking that an external microphone is already connected. [1] The successful operation of the microphone blocker depends on the internal circuitry of the mobile device, which can completely block the microphone without the ability to restore or simply ignore the signal from the built-in microphone. with the ability to record, if necessary.
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- 1 General Environment
- 2 See also
- 3 References
- 4 External links
General Environment
Microphone Lock is an inexpensive, easy-to-use accessory that provides protection from wiretapping of a mobile phone, audio hacking. There are many spyware programs available that can remotely turn on the microphone of a mobile device, the vast majority of mobile devices do not have internal eavesdropping protection hardware.
Anti-spyware software - cannot fully guarantee that it will mute and block the microphone if the device is attacked by one of the most common Internet threats - spyware , malware, because attack programs are constantly changing and improving.
Documents published by Wikileaks , codenamed 7i from 2013-2016, leaked out the capabilities of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for electronic surveillance and cyber warfare, including the ability to hack the operating systems of most smartphones, turning them into constant eavesdropping leaked devices. [2] [3] [4]
A new method of accessing data was discovered by a group of researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of Israel; a cybersecurity research center. [5] Forbes published that researchers found a way to recreate information on the display using a microphone with 96.5% accuracy [6]
Millions of smartphones can be vulnerable to hacking using accelerometers . [7] [8]
See also
- Microphone
- Eavesdropping
- Smartphone
- Laptop
- Mobile Phone Accessories
- Personal digital assistant
- Mobile security
Links
- ↑ 1 2 How to rip the mics out of you macbook and iphone
- ↑ the CIA Can Hack Your Phone, PC, and TV (Says WikiLeaks), WIRED
- ↑ Wikileaks reveals details of CIA's hacks of Android, iPhone Windows, Linux, MacOS, and even Samsung TVs, Computing, 7 March 2017
- ↑ WikiLeaks: CIA could hack into phones, to turn them into permanent listening devices
- ↑ [1] Sputniknews, New Hacking Technique.
- ↑ [2] Forbes, Now hackers can spy on you by listening to your screen
- ↑ [3] Millions of Smartphones Could Be Vulnerable to Hacking Via Sound Waves
- ↑ [4] IEEE Spectrum, Smartphone accelerometers can be fooled by Sound Waves