Microsemi put a backdoor insida a US military chip Microsemi.It seems NSA access was built into Windows NSAKEY.Magic Lantern is keystroke logging software developed by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation Magic Lantern.

NarusInsight is a 'network traffic intelligence system that supports real-time precision targeting, capturing and reconstruction of webmail traffic' NarusInsight.

Since there is some discussion on wether or not the driver vendors and big os companies are trustworthy, here some additional information:

One could try to inspect all outgoing packages for audio content.

For Linux/Android there is the possiblility to check the sources.

For windows there is no better way than physically disabeling the microphone or to disconnect completely from the internet.Additionally, short of physically disabeling the mic input, is there a way to make sure nobody is tapping the input signal?Įdit: I do trust neither the OS (Windows) nor the driver.Įdit 2: It is not an option to disconnect the device (permanently) from the internet. I would like to learn how to search a laptop/computer/cell for processes scanning the mic input.

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