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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 05-Dec-2025 22:10:15 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   fwiw, you probably don't need to worry on input devices where you can feasibly flash the firmware. homebrew keyboards and keyboards that support this, you're probably in the clear in terms of security concerns (... I think)

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     MangoIV has post-39C3-blues (mangoiv@functional.cafe)'s status on Friday, 05-Dec-2025 22:26:26 JST MangoIV has post-39C3-blues

     in reply to

     @cwebber https://zmk.dev/docs/features/bluetooth

     ZMK documents security concerns around Bluetooth connections.

     TL;DR: there are no known vulnerabilities after a bond has been made - a bond should be made in a controlled environment to avoid MITM

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 05-Dec-2025 22:55:56 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Fwiw I don't use wireless inputs on security-critical computers myself. It's not that I'm completely convinced that they can't be safe, it's that I'm not convinced enough that I could keep the firmware updated and research the topic to the degree required

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     Billy Smith (billysmith@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 06-Dec-2025 22:59:02 JST Billy Smith

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     @cwebber

     It would be difficult to do that and do all of the other things that you want to do. :D