From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-02-06 23:16:08 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 6 Feb 94 15:16:08 PST
From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 94 15:16:08 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: TEMPEST - Electronic eavesdropping
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>In the US it not illegal to posess TEMPEST-surveillance equipment but
>it is illegal to take appropriate counter-measures to prevent
>surveillance.
Can we get the urban folklore set clued into this one?
Electromagnetic shielding is not illegal. On the contrary, in the
USA, the FCC finds shielding highly desirable.
Eric
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