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disable the accelerometer on the n900

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There is a attack that uses the accelerometers to 'sniff' passwords. I would like to disable them.

This describes the attack:

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/92946-a-wiggly-approach-to-smartphone-keylogging#

A quick demo to test to see if its affecting my browser:

http://bit.ly/fzhps (https://people.mozilla.com/~dolske/tmp/seismo.html)

How do I turn it off?

rmmod lis302dl

(via http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=56830)

or disable the module loading:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=803714#post803714