Besides exposing all of the not - so - good thing the NSA and other surreptitious agencies around the humans were up to , the documents leak out by Edward Snowden have allowedhackers to reverse - engineer some of the tools the NSA has usedto spy on us .
Along with the villainous details of our constant surveillance , theNSA ’s Advanced internet Technology catalog — a list of some of the gadgets NSA personnel can use to spy on figurer and phones — was also let in in the leaked document .
https://gizmodo.com/a-peek-inside-the-nsas-spy-gear-catalog-1491827763
A team of security researchers led by Michael Ossmann have used the selective information to remodel two surveillance devices used by the NSA . These devices , called “ retro reflecting telescope , ” are tiny radiocommunication - free-base wireless data transmitters , which , when placed on a computer or keyboard , allow information to be gain ( like keystroke and on - screen images ) even when that twist is not connected to the internet .
Ossmann says he will present his finding at Defcon , and show others how to protect themselves from future NSA hacks — if that ’s even possible . [ New ScientistviaEngadget ]
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