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Re: Laptops and TEMPEST
At 2:18 pm -0800 12/5/96, Joel McNamara wrote:
>Thinking that LCD screens reduce the risks of emanation monitoring is a
>dangerous misconception [elided] the gotcha with current laptops is their
>backlighting. Electric and magnetic fields are considerably higher
>compared with a low-res/contrast device. [elided]
An interesting point, but the fluorescent is mostly a constant signal,
really, but Hugh pointed out that most laptops have a video chip radiating
far more useful data than the flourescent backlight.
Just a thought.
dave
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