Optical Tempest

Richard Clayton richard at highwayman.com
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:24:53 -0500


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In article <B8B3B291.16236%peter.fairbrother@ntlworld.com>, Peter
Fairbrother <peter.fairbrother@ntlworld.com> writes

>Makes Tempest look like a toy. Nice (?) one, Markus. I shall be buying an
>lcd screen as soon as I can.

The attack works well when the room is dark - and not otherwise

So it's simpler and cheaper just to ensure you keep the lights
on (assuming they're kicking out a range of wavelengths, so it's
hard to filter out the "noise")...

... burning a few large votive candles might also work reasonably well :=)

- -- 
richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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