User talk:Keebler

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KGB eavesdropping
Thanks for adding that bit about Selectric eavesdropping to acoustic cryptanalysis. I don't suppose you have a source for the info? &mdash; Matt Crypto 16:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I was rather stupidly relying on an old memory. Further research has uncovered a Time magazine article dated 20 April, 1987 (see http://www.bugsweeps.com/info/hitech_snooping.html).  It asserts that what the KGB monitored was the electrical noise made by the Selectric and includes the quote "American inspectors found bugs in a shipment of typewriters delivered to the Moscow embassy two years ago."


 * Should I correct my addition or withdraw it?
 * Thanks for the source; I'm very interested in this sort of thing. By "electrical noise", I presume it's not actually acoustic sound? If not, then it might be better to move it into side-channel attack, which is the more general article for this sort of skulduggery ;-) &mdash; Matt Crypto 21:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. I moved the mention as you suggested. Keebler 23:08, 21 August 2005 (UTC)