[653] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Random numbers from the '60's...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Wed Apr 30 12:28:22 1997
In-Reply-To: <199704300207.TAA15902@servo.qualcomm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:49:12 -0700
To: Phil Karn <karn@qualcomm.com>, colin@nyx.net
From: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
At 7:07 PM -0700 4/29/97, Phil Karn wrote:
>>What scares me is http://lavarand.sgi.com/pat_trade.html
>Who needs a camera and a lava lamp when soundblaster cards with noisy
>microphone preamps are nearly universal?
<paranoia> What bothers me about a microphone is that it picks up sounds
from anywhere in the room, and perhaps a joining rooms. If someone
compromises the computer, they have just installed a bug in your room.
With TV, at least you know where it is pointing.
</paranoia>
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