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1998-11-02 - Re: TEMPEST laptops

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-11-02 15:15:49 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 23:15:49 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 23:15:49 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: TEMPEST laptops
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At 5:32 PM -0800 11/1/98, Lucky Green wrote:
>On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Bill Stewart wrote:
>[...]
>> Just using a regular laptop isn't enough; I've seen laptops
>> transmit recognizable images to a television (though I was probably
>> using AC power rather than batteries, and may or may not have had
>> the display mode set to LCD-and-monitor.)
>
>Thanks for touching on the popuar myth that laptops radiate less than
>CRT's. Many laptops in fact radiate more compromising emissions than
>CRT's. Ross Anderson does his van Eck demos to undergrads using a laptop,
>because it works so much better than CRT's.

But laptops are certainly smaller than desktops + monitors are, and can be
run off of batteries. This makes laptops better candidates for a sealed box
commercial product.

--Tim May

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