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Re:Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using PC fan... by amelius on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:36PM (#22909415)
We have already seen these kinds of attacks in the early days of computing, where people could read a CRT from a nearby parked van.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking

(and if you have access to the machine, then this only makes it easier to get data out)

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Re:Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using PC fan... by alexgmcm on Saturday April 18, 2020 @05:51PM (#22911404)
I remember reading about that in Cryptonomicon, I knew it was technically possible but I didn't realise it actually worked.
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