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I'm reminded of the section in Cryptonomicon where the protagonist is imprisoned with his laptop and needs to hack with the screen turned off, for security rea
by triplesec 10y ago
I'm reminded of the section in Cryptonomicon where the protagonist is imprisoned with his laptop and needs to hack with the screen turned off, for security reasons
- cowbellemoo 10y agoThe screen was on, just not private due to tempest snooping. Private strings were output using Morse flashes from HD activity LED. :)
- triplesec 10y agoI haven't reread it since about 2000 so you are now likely to be right. I was sure there's another bit where he's doing things blind, but memory serves me badly! I do recall he needed to make sure anyone reading his screen remotely couldn't read his code. Time to dip in for another look