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Coming to a Desktop near you: Tempest Capabilities

Posted by Hemos on from the fun-with-van-eck-phreaking dept.

AftanGustur writes "New Scientist has an interesting article about a new toy we will all want. It's a card that plugs in one of your PCI slots and allows you to scan the EMF spectrum and read your neighbours terminal. In about 5 years you might be able to get one for just under £1000. (Modern Tempest Hardware costs about £30000) " Excellent. Now I won't have to read over Rob's shoulder all the time.

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  1. Another Microsoft conference by blogan · · Score: 3

    "Microsoft announced this morning that it did not design it's keyboards to emit to the EMF spectrum, allowing the NSA a backdoor into your computer. They place the blame on physics."

  2. More Information by Plasmic · · Score: 3

    Already, a few people have posted expressing their misconceptions about what TEMPEST is. In a nutshell, it's the process by which radiation given off by electronic devices can be captured and analyzed in order to gather information about what that device is doing.

    A good example of how it can be used was given during the October 1996 episode of Discovery Channel's "Cyberlife" show.

    A couple other decent sites with more information about TEMPEST are:
    The Complete, Unofficial TEMPEST Information Page
    TEMPEST monitoring in the real world

  3. 5 Years by SamIIs · · Score: 3

    In about 5 years you might be able to get one for just under £1000.

    In about 5 years, I expect to have a flat-screen (19"). These don't work on LCD, do they?

    Also due in about 5 years...
    **A robot that cooks and cleans and has a cute, cartoon personality.**
    **Cars that fly**
    **One supreme Linux Distro**
    **A final end to the DOJ MS trial**