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Is what you're looking to be paranoid about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)

• j_s 11y ago
  Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking
  • Arubis 11y ago
    And thus, it's obligatory that someone recommend Neal Stephenson's _Cryptonomicon_, in which this features quite heavily.
    • ibmthrowaway218 11y ago
      And, within 24 hours or so someone will submit the Van Eck Phreaking Wikipedia page link as a standalone submission on HN.
      • fabulist 11y ago
        As long as we're making tangential recommendations and expecting to be reintroduced to things within 24 hours, I'd like to throw John Dies at the End into the ring.
        • raddad 11y ago
          RF leaks are an old tune, NSA was using it back in the 60's I believe. There was an article in Wired about this topic in 2008[0] Gene Hackman and Will Smith in a movie Enemy Of The State (2009)[1] hinted at this technology. [0] http://www.wired.com/2008/04/nsa-releases-se/ http://www.wired.com/2008/04/nsa-releases-se/ [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10 (edit for formatting)
      • adenner 11y ago
        it was already done ~86 days ago, so it won't be back for a bit longer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10684447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10684447
      • dekhn 11y ago
        huh, I was wondering if everybody else noticed the standard nerd sniping pattern on HN.
    • yxlx 11y ago
      It's a long book but it is worth reading. One of my favorite books.