Re: [tlug] How to detect unwelcome visitors on my macbook?

[Ulrike Schmidt <ulrike@example.com>]

Am 06.09.2011 10:52, schrieb Raymond Wan:
> Just wondering...was the mouse moving in one particular direction 
> only; or was it obviously moving toward something on your screen?
It was moving back an forth as if to test a mouse like a ballpen, not 
just drifting in one direction.
> I don't know much about Macs or about its security, but I would hope 
> by default that kind of thing is turned off.  I mean, we're not 
> talking about someone moving your mouse, but also being able to know 
> what's on your screen...
It felt like that.

My local Mac Guru (who is unfortunately specialised on Windows otherwise 
and knows extremely little about Unix) thought maybe someone near me was 
using a wireless mouse. But this person would have to sit in another 
room. And anyway I am using a usb mouse, don't think a wireless mouse 
could interfere with that.

BTW, yesterday before this happened out of some other reasons I tried 
`last` and `w` for the first time in life. But I still don't understand 
enough to interpret the results. I was suprised by `w` showing three 
users, but that might be ok. Currently after a reboot and with wlan 
switched off it is 2 users with my account on console and s000.

`last` shows my account loggend in on console, ttys000, ttys001 at times 
yesterday, but short before my panic shutdown only console and ttys001. 
Having these ttys* at the same time is probably no cause to worry, I 
guess from this thread: 
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3183051?start=0&tstart=0

Uli