[Imc-makerspace] Ever heard of "Tempest"?

[Wayne Byarlay]

They claim that they can sniff electromagnetic (radio) signals of computer
monitors and keyboards, eliminating the need for even a keylogger. The video
is tedious to watch, as the translators seem to speak faster than the
original Japanese broadcast.

http://www.wimp.com/spieseavesdrop/





On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Stewart Dickson
<MathArt at emsh.calarts.edu>wrote:

>  Hi, David,
>
> To a certain extent, you have to trust your representatives -- it is the
> nature of *representative* democracy.
> Of course, it's about money.    I see the HackerSpace I co-founded
> http://www.makerspaceu.org   as an
> informal incubator for radical product design.    Believe me, non-profit
> funding is a LOT more benign than
> Small Business Administration's demands for idiotic prediction of
> unsustainable growth or what a Venture
> Capitalist will take from your hard-born creativity.
>
> Here are the most stringent restrictions I see in the bill:
>
> NFLN shall
> > examine the ability of the organization to supply a physical location
> > for the lab, their *financial ability to pay for sufficient staff to
> > operate the lab and train its users*, an ability to engage the local
> > community or other sufficient user base, and an awareness of those
> > long term obligations.
>
> It's a bit of a catch-22, since the availability of funding through the
> proposed NFLN depends on the applicant meeting these criteria.
>
> Other than that, I don't see anything objectionable in the bill as
> distributed.
>
> -Stewart Dickson, Communications and Technology Commissioner (1998-2002)
> City of Calabasas, CA  91302
>
> On 9/23/10 2:04 PM, David Powell wrote:
>
> When I think of Fab Lab I think of the commercial version of a Hackerspace.
> Although it would be non-profit would it also be inexpensive? I'm all for
> creating a network of Hackerspaces. But I don't feel educated enough to
> write congressmen in support of this bill. I don't think know the people
> behind the bill. How can I be sure they have my best interest in mind and
> are not trying to make 7 figure living through this "non-profit" like many
> do in other non-profits in our country. How can I be sure this is really
> about the science and technology and not about money? I would need to be
> better educated before making a decision.
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Chris Weiss <cweiss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Rose White <rose at yarnivore.com> wrote:
>> > This is brilliant! Writing to the subcommittee members to say "Hey, I
>> > support this!" would be a good thing to do, especially if you're in the
>> > district that any of them is in.
>>
>>  additionally, making them aware that grass-roots "fab labs" already
>> exist in their areas will help a lot.
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