<Obby> I meant all the stuff before that.
<Jean-Luc> oh, that?
<Jean-Luc> uh...
<Jean-Luc> let me check
<Jean-Luc> ohm, the Van Eck trick
<Jean-Luc> so, CRT monitors contain huge magnetic coils
<Jean-Luc> and, as such, they emit large amounbts of radiation
<Obby> Well, OK.
<Jean-Luc> so, using the Van Eck method, you can use a radio to recieve that radiation
<Jean-Luc> and, with the correct equipment, you can actually reassemble the iamge
<Jean-Luc> basicaly allowing you to watch the monitor from a distance, with no need to actually access it
<Jean-Luc> simply by monitoring the radiation it creates.
<Jean-Luc> anyway.
<Jean-Luc> LCD monitors don't create such fields, as they have no coil
<Jean-Luc> ss
<Jean-Luc> so Van Eck doesn't work on them
<Obby> Heh. I see.
<Jean-Luc> turns out, if you're close enough and have sensitive enough equipment, you can actually pick up the fields created by the CABLE.
<Jean-Luc> thus allowing you to eavesdrop on LCD monitors
<Jean-Luc> (un)fortunately, it's not as fast. it takes about a minute to capture a full image. so, if the content of the screen is changing, it's not useful