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Monitoring Your Monitor

Posted by michael on from the blackout-curtains dept.

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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  1. Great! by BurritoWarrior · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can begin selling my high-tech, computer privacy protection devices.

    I will call them curtains.

    1. Re:Great! by BurritoWarrior · · Score: 5, Funny

      But with the LCD, we won't have the dastardly spy saying:

      "Curtains, foiled again!"

      OK, that was bad. Forgive me. :-)

  2. This is great news by drew_kime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can justify the 21 LCD at work on the grounds that the CRT poses a risk of industrial espionage.

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    Nope, no sig
  3. Reconstructing Slashdot by micromoog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now you can reconstruct Slashdot from the reflected glow of old stories!