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Van Eck Phreaking dates back to 1982, which used CRTs, and if you're aware of that, it's not an insurmountably huge logical leap to realize that modern hardware
by fragmede 10mo ago
Van Eck Phreaking dates back to 1982, which used CRTs, and if you're aware of that, it's not an insurmountably huge logical leap to realize that modern hardware can be exploited the same way (thanks to greater sensitivity in receiving devices).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking
- ihaveajob 10mo agoI first learned about this while reading Cryptonomicon. It seemed too fantastical to be a real thing.
- hackernudes 10mo agoPretty sure it was in Snow Crash
- ihaveajob 10mo agoNo, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon#Technical_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon#Technical_conten... It was in a passage where some secondary character was in a prison cell and managed to spy on the screen across the wall using the technique.
- torcete 10mo agoReminds me of the theremin. Turning an interference into something useful (or beautiful)