I would normally feel a bit bad, since this *is* off topic, but....as this
list may as well be called OSX-Talk lately, I figured what the hey! Debunk
while you have the chance, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the
list topic. ;-)
Michael W. Wellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 2/25/01 8:36 AM:
> PPS: It's even easier to capture the flux put out by your monitor and
> reconstruct your screen.
(this is not in direct response to Michael/mikel anymore....someone else
replied but I accidentally dumped the msg...this is more a reply to that
person...sorry michael, for quoting you again)
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In the best of moods (and humor), and without intending to flame anybody...
I can't let this go. I am very much a privacy advocate, and also slightly
inclined toward the possibility of sinister plots in the air...but come on!
I took a look at the sites recommended as argument that the above "capturing
of the monitor flux" COULD be done. Firstly, as a former physics teacher (5
years), I am not sure what the word "flux" means in this context (...the
"flux capacitor" from Back to the Future comes to mind.) Flux is a
shortened version of "fluctuations"..."fluc-s"...and every light source
fluctuates. Flux is not a specific anything...it just means "this changes
over time".
Secondly, and more importantly, I am happy to report (as earlier) that this
is incorrect -- it is not possible.
The sites offered as rebuttal were regarding a company called Tempest. The
two products they sell are designed to reduce Electromagnetic Radiation and
to dampen noise volume between rooms (its an architectural glass company.)
The glass products (DataStop) and something else are NOT for preventing
someone from "capturing the flux" of your monitor. It is to prevent your
ovaries and testes from shriveling into Raisinettes (if you are inclined to
believe that such will happen...I'm not.)
Again, pa shaw! Pa shaw to the paranoiacs who think that some white van
outside is "reading the flux" on their monitors.
Only in James Bond movies can ambient EMR be "read" and "converted" into a
screen shot (as this thread previously suggested.)
And only in America would people make money off of the fears of others, by
offering a product that purports to do the impossible. [weight loss,
bodybuilding, steroids, hair tonic, religion...why not monitor flux!]
Just because someone can find a reference on the web does not make it any
more than Snake Oil.
FYI:
My Microsoft/Timex Iron Man watch reads the screen, but the text has to be
converted to bar code and then the screen is "read" by the barcode reader
built in to the watch. This is great fun to observe (most of my friends get
a real kick out of the process) -- whatever happened to Wrist Apps and
such? Did the Palm's emergence just obliterate the desire to beef the
functionality of the wrist apps and the Timex partnership with MS?
Best to all,
Gary
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