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tkohler writes:
The Air Force Research Lab is developing an Electric Motor-powered Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) that can "harvest" energy when needed by attaching itself to a power line. Not only is it stealing power from the people it is spying upon, it can morph shape, temporarily changing its shape to look more like innocuous piece of trash hanging from the cable. For domestic spying, maybe it will morph in to a pair of sneakers?
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tkohler writes:
Computer World is running an article about those "Free Public Wifi" wireless SSIDs that have popped up recently. Turns out that these are bait for unsuspecting mobile wannabes looking for a free hook-up. The article says that these can launch an attack on you and make you a zombie too. I have seen these at airports, near my home and around my office. Are all the people around me turning to virus sharing zombies? You need to have file sharing on, and if you do, a automatic Wifi connection could infect you. Oh yeah, it is worse on Vista.
