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Fun fact: TEMPEST is the reason that asterisks are substituted for passwords onscreen.
by carapace 7y ago
Fun fact: TEMPEST is the reason that asterisks are substituted for passwords onscreen.
- wahern 7y agoNot simply because people can look over your shoulder?
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- crankylinuxuser 7y agoLight is a TEMPEST emission :) It too is EM. But yeah, you're right. Shoulder surfers are very much why * are used.
- jandrese 7y agoAsterisks for passwords predate TEMPEST by many years.
- Luc 7y agoThat would be surprising, since Tempest dates from the early 1950's.