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There is a paper from one of the guys who made RSA about that. They can reconstitute private keys, by listening repeatedly to the sound the power supply of a l
by user5994461 10y ago
There is a paper from one of the guys who made RSA about that.
They can reconstitute private keys, by listening repeatedly to the sound the power supply of a laptop makes when encrypting/decrypting emails, from 5m away.
- Shivetya 10y agothe good old days in the military where our main communications computers and such were in shielded areas to prevent leakage outside which could be picked up.
- Neliquat 10y agoTempest certification is still very much alive and well fyi.
- enraged_camel 10y agoThis type of thing is called a side-channel attack, if you're interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack