Re: Dutch govt scraps insecure voting machine

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh my god!  How stupid of me!

In the late 80's ago I was tangentially involved with the NSA trying to get
them to buy some of my voice scrambling hardware.  I still have some of
those flyers just for old times sake.

Part of the reason that I didn't succeed was that the machine was not
"Tempest secure".  It turns out that it was very easy to spy on someone's
crt screen from a distance.

I wonder if the Dutch were using CRTs instead of flat panels.  And that then
leads to the question if it is possible to read a flat panel the same way
that a CRT could be read.

Paul Tiger, do you know?  Anyone else know?

Ralph


On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:51:40 -0700, you wrote:

>Government Renewal Minister Atzo Nicolai said the move was necessary after
>an investigation found the machines made by Sdu NV emitted radio signals
>that a technology-savvy spy could use to peek at a voters' choices from a
>distance of up to several dozen meters (yards).