Oh, That Adolph...Cheeky

[WilbyInebriated]

Maybe.  An electronic engineer surnamed Van Eck wrote a paper describing how a correctly placed antenna and good enough software can allow a hacker to download information from your computer monitor.

--Lee

you can't download hard drive information via monitor signals, however, you can see real time what the person under surveillance is seeing on their monitor... unless they have their monitor, computer and cables shielded.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

you can't download hard drive information via monitor signals, however, you can see real time what the person under surveillance is seeing on their monitor...

Yep, that's right.  However, there was a 'flap' recently about high school officials spying on students with laptops that had a video attachment for uploading to You Tube, MySpace, etc.  The officials just had to press a button to activate the camera.  Students and parents were understandably pissed off about it.

...unless they have their monitor, computer and cables shielded.

I believe a Faraday cage would work in that case, so you're right.

--Lee