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tairar  ·  4071 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Meet “badBIOS,” the mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps

This is the perfect story to read on halloween. I'm really curious about that high frequency speaker data transfer theory. That sounds fun to play with. Anyone seen anything about this? All I found (via very, very casual googling) was this Chirp thingy a year ago.





Complexity  ·  4071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's a Javascript library that provides ultrasonic audio networking in the browser. It's more hobbyist or proof of concept at the moment.

Ultrasonic communications has already made its way into kids' toys ( Furby for example )

Those two are unidirectional but show it's possible. It is a leap from the possibility to using it as a command and control system, but not much of a leap.

user-inactivated  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Furbies suddenly seem way cooler