Re: WAS: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-17 Thread Bill Stewart
>David Koontz wrote: > >Is the average person susceptible to TEMPEST attacks? At 01:22 PM 06/13/2001 -0700, John Young wrote: >Probably most people are not subject to TEMPEST attacks >in the same way they are not in need in crypto. The average person's equipment could be eavesdropped relatively

Re: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-14 Thread David Koontz
> The Supreme Court's decision against thermal imaging appears > to be applicable to TEMPEST emissions from electronic devices. > And is it not a first against this most threatening vulnerability > in the digital age? And long overdue. > > Remote acquisition of electroni

Re: WAS: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-13 Thread John Young
David Koontz wrote: >Is the average person susceptible to TEMPEST attacks? [And more on TEMPEST technics.] Probably most people are not subject to TEMPEST attacks in the same way they are not in need in crypto. And as crypto protection gets built in to consumer products as understanding for th

WAS: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-13 Thread David G. Koontz
Is the average person susceptible to TEMPEST attacks? "Arnold G. Reinhold" wrote: > > TEMPEST is not shut down by any means. This decision applies to homes > and places where there is an reasonable expectation of privacy (like > a phone booth). The status of computers in offices, cars, and publi

Re: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-13 Thread Andrew Brown
>"Is thermal imaging more like going through your garbage (which courts >have allowed) or more like looking into your window with a high-powered >telescope (for which courts generally require a warrant)?" off the top of my head, i'd have to say that anyone *intelligent* would be able to see that

Re: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-13 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
At 8:57 AM -0700 6/12/2001, John Young wrote: >The Supreme Court's decision against thermal imaging appears >to be applicable to TEMPEST emissions from electronic devices. >And is it not a first against this most threatening vulnerability >in the digital age? And long overdue. > >Remote acquisitio

Re: Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-12 Thread Sidney Markowitz
John Young wrote: > Remote acquisition of electronic emissions, say from outside a > home, are not currently prohibited by law as far as I know. And > the language of the thermal imaging decision makes it applicable > to any technology not commonly in use. IANAL, but when I read the decision it s

Thermal Imaging Decision Applicable to TEMPEST?

2001-06-12 Thread John Young
The Supreme Court's decision against thermal imaging appears to be applicable to TEMPEST emissions from electronic devices. And is it not a first against this most threatening vulnerability in the digital age? And long overdue. Remote acquisition of electronic emissions, say from outside a home