[GTALUG] Question

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On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300
Mauro Souza via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic
> box, and you are good to go.
> Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting
> traces giving power to the wireless module would be more permanent,
> but a Faraday cage is faster to deploy and "undeploy."
>
my tinfoil hat works well. maybe you can make a slightly larger tinfoil box? 

> Many companies are now developing equipment for home use that is for
> the latest
> buzz in the world - - IoT (more morons them!).
> 
"Whenever IoT comes up, I remind people that in IoT, the S stands for
security and the P for privacy" - Thomas Delrue

> There is, as a result, the need to be searching for a cell phone
> signal (a wireless section that can only be put in airplane mode not
> an off). This machine behavior has me very concerned about my
> personal information security.
> Any suggestions on how to 'shut off' wireless services on a machine
> that doesn't really have too much in the way for access?
> 
> (Only access that I can see is through the memory card but that only
> has data loaded no system information - - - no other visible ports.
> Any ideas for hacks to disable this wireless module will be
> gratefully accepted. (I do need the machine to work though so no - -
> - sledge hammers aren't an option!!! Have thought of using a farady
> cage but am not sure if that's going to be sufficient.)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dee
> 
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