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   Tough Guy no. 1265 to John Carter   
   Re: Irradiate data through open case?   
   10 Feb 15 21:12:18   
   
   From: no@spam.com   
      
   On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:56:50 -0000, John Carter  wrote:   
      
   > "Tough Guy no. 1265"  wrote in   
   > news:op.xtuivslccpfvgl@red.lan:   
   >   
   >> Can you pick up data from a computer without its cover on?  I read   
   >> a post from someone about windowed cases allowing all your data to   
   >> be radiated out, including say.... your banking info.   
   >>   
   >   
   > NO   
   >   
   > Unless you have a very sophisticated sniffer.   
   >   
   > Back in the 70's when I was contracting at Eglin AFB, we were audited   
   > by a branch of a non-disclosed government security agency.  They were   
   > trying to see whether or not they could detect data going through a   
   > cable (1.5 inches in diameter) that connected a large disk file to a   
   > CDC 6600 mainframe.  We were surprised to learn they could detect the   
   > movement of data (whether data or control, we don't know) through the   
   > cable, but were unable to  actually interpret the data as there were   
   > streams of data being sent and received by more than 40 different   
   > programs multiprogramming at one time.  They never tried to detect and   
   > interpret a stream for a single progam.  And we didn't think they would   
   > be able to do so, as there are both control ad dta signals running thru   
   > the cable simultaneously.   
   >   
   > SO I think you are safe unless someone knows something that I don't.   
      
   Surely if they could pick up everything going through the cable, they could   
   separate out one communication?  After all, whatever you had terminating the   
   cable must have done so.   
      
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