[Leaplist] Mouse Jiggler -was- Debian Password

[Randall Perry]

On 10/24/07, Bob Foxworth <rfoxwor1 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I installed recently installed Debian on a 32 bit machine and it
> demands
> > a "Password" to reenter the programs even if the machine is left alone
> > for even a short period of time.
> > To me this is above and beyond security requirements
>
> Sounds like you need the Mouse Jiggler
>
> www.wiebetech.com/products/MouseJiggler.php
>
> This is a small USB stick with a circuit that puts a little
> impulse on the mouse bus 2x per second, to keep
> the screen saver from ever activating. It is marketed
> to forensics examiners, to put into a seized machine
> that is the running state, to keep password protected
> screen savers from coming on. They cost about $25
> and yes I have one (but I got mine at TechnoSecurity
> conference in June)
A few years back when I would have to defrag certain machines (Win9x,
NT4, and Win3.11), the machine would either hit screensaver/disk spin
down or other activity that would cause autorestart.  My solution to
keep the machine 'active' was to take the user's stapler and sit it
over an arrow key on the keyboard.  It would run all night with no
issues.

A more modern approach is to use a cheap $2 optical mouse and keep the
LED scanning moving object.  More fun to find creative ways to keep it
active.

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