CDR: RE: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans

yep was suposidly done for them at Cambridge in UK - thought they rejected it though? SOFT TEMPEST Article: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ih98-tempest-slides.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ih98-tempest.pdf Kindest Regards Douglas Simpson Manager - National PKI Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KPMG Information Risk Management The KPMG Centre 45 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Ph: +61 2 9335 8612 Mb: +61 410 581 588 Fx: +61 2 9299 7077 E-mail: dssimpson@kpmg.com.au Smoke Signal: Puff---Puff-Puff-Puff Morse:... .. _ _ ._ _. ... _ _ _ _ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Neil Johnson [mailto:njohnson@interl.net] Sent: Friday, 10 November 2000 11:27 To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com; cryptography@c2.net; cypherpunks@cyberpass.net Subject: Re: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans Wasn't there some articles some time ago about Microsoft doing research into Tempest/Van Eck (sp) radiation ? It was speculated at the time that they were going include software to "broadcast" their serial numbers so that illegal copies could be detected. I wonder how the Supreme is going to rule on that case where the police used an infrared camera to determine they had probable cause to go after a marijuana grower based on the heat radiating from his house ? Neil M. Johnson njohnson@interl.net http://www.interl.net/~njohnson PGP Key Finger Print: 93C0 793F B66E A0C7 CEEA 3E92 6B99 2DCC ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. A. Hettinga" To: ; Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:05 AM Subject: CDR: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14562.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans By: Kieren McCarthy Posted: 08/11/2000 at 10:57 GMT

The Business Software Alliance aka The Pirate Busters is growing so frustrated in its hopeless efforts to cut down on software piracy that it has decided propaganda and misinformation is the way forward.

Visitors to Glasgow Central Station yesterday were surprised to be confronted by a Ford Transit van with a small radar and rusty Sky satellite dish mounted on top. What was this apparition? Why, the BSA's latest weapon in the war against software-stealing scum.

A wise reader asked one of the "consultants" what exactly the dishes were able to do and was informed they could detect PCs running illegal software. When pushed a little further, she admitted the van was "just a dummy" but the BSA still had a fleet of the real things rushing around Scotland detecting and nabbing unsuspecting criminals.

Expressing incredulity, things turned nasty and our loyal reader was threatened. He'd "better watch out" because the BSA with its new super software-finding equipment will "get him easily". He quickly ran off and slid into the shadows before he was photographed and his face wired to Interpol and the CIA.

Can you believe this? This has to be one of the most insane things we've heard in years. The BSA needs to take a valium and lay down for a bit. ®

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