Re: CAS attack

bad sector wrote:

> I've got no use for backlit stuff seeing that I'm never in that level
> of dark environment. 

I've not had a laptop or netbook with backlit keys.  That's a popular
thing now that is prevalent in new[er] pre-builts?  Just more fluff they
can add to maintain pricing.  When the VCRs saturated the market (those
that didn't have one weren't going to buy one, and those that had one
weren't buying another until replacing the current one which is a
trickle market), they started adding tons of features.  The basics
didn't change, just the added fluff.

For laptops with backlit keys, the backlighting can't be disabled?  The
mobo for my latest desktop PC build had lots of fluff lighting.  I
didn't need a pulsating glow-in-the-dark PC.  In fact, I play some
stealth games in the dark, and that LED lighting would make it overly
lit in the room.  There was an option in the UEFI to disable the LED
lighting (they had a fancy word for that fluff).  I had a wired Logitech
mouse that was lit when powered.  More lighting fluff.  No switch on the
mouse to turn it off.  I had to download Logitech's ancilliary software
which could program the mouse, like turn off the lighting.

As an example, I looked at the manual for ASUS ZenBook Duo 14 UX482, and
it has an Fn+F7 combo key for keyboard backlight brightness level.  I
suspect the brightness can be adjusted from off to full.

I'd be pissed if I ended up with a build where I could not disable all
the lighting fluff.  If the mobo's UEFI didn't have a setting, or there
wasn't some means to disable the lighting, I'd get out my nippers.  Same
for the mouse and keyboard.  I don't want my computer or peripherals
looking like they were designed for use in a nightclub.

> Hehe, reminds me of a WW-I military truck the local blacksmith had to
> do some repairs on. He pointed out to me the tire tread, it's exactly
> symmetrical so trackers couldn't tel which way it was going :-)

Tread?  We ain't got no tread.  We don't need no tread.  I don't have to
show you any stinkin' tread.
(https://youtu.be/4OcM23Hbs5U?t=19)