Comments on: UK warrantless internet spy system

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:16:59 +0000

Time to encrypt my hard drive and vote these idiots out at next election (nulabour). Welcome to east Germany, sorry UK.

By: PacoBell

PacoBell — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:37:15 +0000

@Reader’s Write: “I doubt the police would be equipped to monitor TEMPEST radiation.”

Did you catch the part about them physically breaking into your house and serruptitiously installing keystroke loggers and God knows what else in your machine? Would it be too much of a stretch then to believe they could also implement some sort of TEMPEST amplifier that would enable them to receive a much stronger reading at remote distances? Sure, that would not be inconspicuous for those who know what to look for, but how many of us have access to bug sweeping equipment or broadband spectrum analyzers on a daily basis?

By: surfer

surfer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:13:39 +0000

mac, check

little snitch, check

no wireless, check

encrypted p2p, check

peerguardian, check

internet spy system, FAIL.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:04:46 +0000

I’m in Canada, but that’s not likely to work on me anyway. I run Linux (no native-code or Windows Scripting Host viruses) with GMail e-mail (no bare .exe attachments allowed and a constant reminder that, if I want something secure, I need end-to-end encryption), I’m not dumb enough to execute un-trusted code… or any closed-source code beyond my video drivers (nVidia) and BIOS, for that matter. I use only wired networking, I almost never leave the house, and I doubt the police would be equipped to monitor TEMPEST radiation.