Re: keyboard ownage

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:23:46 -0500
From:                   Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby () capnet state tx us>

> Bzzzt.
>
> In 1982 while working for Datapoint corp, we built TEMPEST rated
> computers. The keyboard, CPU and monitor were all shielded.

That counts as "late."  The British were using keyboard emanations to read French 
cipher traffic plaintext in the early 60s, and I know there was concern about 
keyboard input even earlier (mostly in connection with cipher machines, but 
spilling over into computer use).

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