CDR: RE: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans

Simpson, Douglas S dssimpson at kpmg.com.au
Thu Nov 9 21:36:35 PST 2000



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



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-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Johnson [mailto:njohnson at interl.net]
Sent: Friday, 10 November 2000 11:27
To: cypherpunks at EINSTEIN.ssz.com; cryptography at c2.net;
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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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com>
To: <cryptography at c2.net>; <cypherpunks at cyberpass.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:05 AM
Subject: CDR: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans


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> From: Fearghas McKay <fm at st-kilda.org>
> Subject: BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14562.html
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> BSA deploys imaginary pirate software detector vans
> By: Kieren McCarthy
> Posted: 08/11/2000 at 10:57 GMT
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> 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. ®
>
> Related Stories
> BSA offers £10K bounty to catch software thieves
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