[MLB-WIRELESS] Rampant cordless keyboard strikes again

[Barry Park]

   Title: Rampant cordless keyboard strikes again
   Source:   Aftenposten
   Date Written:  January 20, 2003
   Date Collected: January 22, 2003
Hewlett-Packard Norway will no longer guarantee the security of their cordless 
keyboards after several incidents in which keyboards beamed their information 
to other people's computers. Orjan Stokkeland thought his computer had a virus, 
causing random words to appear in text fields, until his supposed virus wrote a 
letter bearing the name of his neighbor. HP spokesman Joakim Larsen warns 
against typing sensitive information on these keyboards, and advises, "If you 
want to be completely sure that no one can see what you are writing then you 
should use a keyboard with a cord."

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=474623


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