28 Sep
2000
28 Sep
'00
8:37 p.m.
IR-blinding laser diodes with 10s of mW outputs are readily available. And deciwatt CO2 is feasible, and makes the point better. But really folks, they made national forests for a reason.
Certainly gives a new twist to TEMPEST. I suppose now if you wanted to tempest your home, youd additionally have to install randomly "blinking" heat generators.
Hmmm, something like a big grid of resistors where they get turned on and off at random.
You might want the resistors to spell out "Mind your own business, pigs!" when viewed with a thermal device, but of course this kind of thing will only attract their attention.
A Clandestine Math Lab