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Monitoring Your Monitor
bje2 writes "Rememeber this story from a couple months ago about reconstructing data from the blinking LEDs of modems...well, CNet is running a story about reconstructing the display of a computer by using special hardware and the reflected glow of the monitor." Kuhn's paper (400k PDF) is available.
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say it with me...who cares!! I remembered reading this (not sure where exactly) a while back and it seemed pretty interesting, although If you are worried about this kind of data leeching you have to be freaky. now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get a pad of paper and a pencil and go stare at my ethernet light for a while to see if I can decipher something.
FUCK YOU!!!
Mod this poster up. He is correct. The Slashdot editors have done a repeat (that included another repeat in the summary!), and have managed to get the facts wrong, twice in a row now!
go slashdot!
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*cough* repeat *cough*. My favorite part is when we get an "Update: more information can be found here" pointing back to the EXACT SAME ARTICLE. I can't believe anyone would pay $5 or more a month for this shit.
Anyone ever wonder why some people ( like myself) post a comment hat is redundant and get modded down to oblivion and others ( like the parent post) get modded up? I know for a fact that I have posted the same thing as others at the same time. I didn't just blindly post, I did read the post above mine. Oh well, Just wanted to rant. I will probabbly be modded down for pointing this out.
Newsflash!
Covin Technologies Announces Technology Breakthrough!
May 14th, 2002 at 11:55AM EST
Covin Technologies has innovated a new innovative technology!
Our new innovation: the Diaphoresis Device can scientifically measure *exactly*
what your programmers were doing all day just from their caffeine intake!
This will be a boon to middle managers everywhere!
Just think -- you won't have to look over their shoulders or visit their dank caves^H^H^H^H^Hcubicles anymore!
All you have to do, is go through their trash at the end of the day, put all the empty Coke bottles and coffee cups into your brand new Diaphoresis Device, and it will tell you:
1) How many hours they spent programming
2) How many times they left for the bathroom
3) How many emails they sent making fun of *you*!
4) How many times they reloaded Slashdot
You can have it all!
"You have the option of insanity. I do not. And that makes me crazy!" - Brian to Angela, My So-Called Life