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Re: SOFT TEMPEST (fwd)




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> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 03:03:53 +0100 (CET)
> From: Lucky Green <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: SOFT TEMPEST (fwd)

> I don't know about displaying the screens of several thousands of PC's at
> a site, but you can easily select any given screen of several dozens of
> PC's. Using $100 worth in equipment plus a  [>>$100] quality frequency
> generator.

What is the $100 worth of equipment?

> At HIP'97, I watched a van Eck demonstration given by a German professor.
> Using cheap analog equipment and one of the better HP frequency

What equipment, not necessarily the manufacturer or model but the functional
description? Do you remember the configuration?

> I am told screen images can be captured up to 600 meters along the power
> line.

As long as there isn't a transformer in there. The impedance shift will
strongly attenuate the signal. This same limitation effects X-10 controllers.
If the PC's are plugged into a UPS (which they should be in a business)
you're SOL here.


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