17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Much praise is due Markus and Ross for their astonishing accomplishment in long-neglected Tempest research. Their paper is surely causing sleeplessness in dens of TEMPESTed security agencies accustomed to having singular self-privacy and others-invasiveness via this technology. Microsoft is to be praised for funding the right thing for the wrong reasons, or perhaps Mr. Gates foresaw what the outcome would be and merely needs intel deniability, nicely aided by Ross's zipperedness -- that, too, well done. The Wash Post spin of the story is itself complicitous, as was Mr. Baker's enticement. Thanks to both for aiding the incovert global revelation.