16 May 2006 - NSA questions quiz

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2006 : 16 May 2006

What are your questions about this NSA business?

A. Can we go back to Angelina Jolie now?
B. What’s the difference between a bug and a feature?
C. How many more layers to the onion?
D. Where can I get a TEMPEST-certified laptop?

clue:

TEMPEST equipment, unlike most electronics, does not leak enough radio signal to give away what you’re doing. An ordinary CRT screen can be read from hundreds of meters away by its electronic noise.

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