USB wireless mice can be hacked according to MakeUseOf.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wireless-m … ws-digest/

Hi Brian, I haven't read the article yet (I will do so later) but my first thought was: "You're kidding?"
On second thoughts maybe not, of course mice can be hacked - it's just that I've never thought of the possibility.
I presume it's a problem in a crowded environment with computers huddled close to each other, but I'm in a concrete box separated by my neighbours by a reasonable distance (thank heavens) and why would someone want to take control of my mouse anyway?

Second thoughts again - tomorrow I will use my laptop to give private road rules tuition to a lady in her own home; her cat although friendly takes an inordinate interest in my Microsoft Mouse - considering that Monty is first and foremost a cat, do you think I should take precautions against her trying to hack my mouse???

Anyway tomorrow I will read the article and hopefully my next post will be more sensible.

Actually, it's not the mouse; rather, it's the USB dongle that you plug into your computer. It can be contacted by other mice as far as 200 feet if I remember the article correctly. That gives someone direct control of your computer though it might be hard to do something on a computer without seeing it. My thought though was what about people who use a wireless mouse/keyboard combo. Can it be done with a wireless keyboard as well? If so, if you know the keyboard shortcuts, it could be much easier to hack the computer.