> And I am absolutely appauled at the British Licensing of TVs.
Other things in Britain are appalling.
Such as the new law which gives spooks total power over electronic comms.
For instance, an MI5 official can approach *any* employee of a company, and
demand all the company's encryption keys.
If the employee refuses, it's an automatic 2-year jail term.
If the employee tells anyone else that (s)he has handed over keys, it's also
2 years in jail.
Same for home computer users.
Sadly here in New Zealand, a new law coming in which gives not just spies,
but also any police officer, the power to demand keys as well.
> According to that last article of email it seems possible for a PC to
> transmit, though very very faintly, a signal to identify every piece of
> software that it is running. But it would also be possible to very
> easily mask or scramble that signal with another piece of software, or
> hardware, so it seems pretty pointless.
What you're talking about is a technology called 'Tempest', which allows a
van up to 1000 metres away from a PC to receive and decode radio waves
emnating from that PC, and to accurately see all keystrokes and screen
images. Tempest technology is already well-developed.
Also, research is progressing into ways to embed unique 'beacons' into
software, which causes a unique radio transmission which easily pinpoints
the PC running a specific piece of software. I have no idea how far this
'beacon' technology has progressed, or how many (if any) programs already
have such beacons installed.
Technology (such as RF shielding) exists to suppress such emnations, but
there seems to be a ban on sale of anti-tempest equipment to non-government
(and especially non-US) personnel.
I think Aaron's right - there must be a way to counteract these emnations
via software.
Hopefully, we'll soon see programs which can jam such emanations with white
noise, and make tempesting virtually impossible.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron P Ingebrigtsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] music industry guy claims monitoring of freenet
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:06:08 +1200 "David McNab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> > From: "Mark J. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, David McNab wrote:
> > >
> > > > Reminds me of the BSA's recent anti-piracy scare campaign in
> > Scotland
> > (?),
> > > > where vans with weird-looking antennas were stationed outsite
> > rail
> > stations,
> > > > claiming to be able to detect PCs running pirated software.
> > >
> >
> > > I have a weird antenna that can detect bullshit!
> >
> > Maybe the following will quell your skepticism
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14562.html
> > http://www.fitug.de/news/horns/horns101100071208.html
> > http://www.safermag.com/html/safer31/news.html
> > http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/feb98/0055.html
>
> According to that last article of email it seems possible for a PC to
> transmit, though very very faintly, a signal to identify every piece of
> software that it is running. But it would also be possible to very
> easily mask or scramble that signal with another piece of software, or
> hardware, so it seems pretty pointless.
>
> And I am absolutely appauled at the British Licensing of TVs. That is
> just wrong!! Do they come and confiscate your TV if they find you
> haven't paid up on your license?!
>
> TV is free here because it is paid for by advertisers and Political
> campaigns. Can't they do that in the European Union?
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