[fragmede]

Van Eck Phreaking dates back to 1982, which used CRTs, and if you're aware of that, it's not an insurmountably huge logical leap to realize that modern hardware can be exploited the same way (thanks to greater sensitivity in receiving devices).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking

[ihaveajob]

I first learned about this while reading Cryptonomicon. It seemed too fantastical to be a real thing.

[hackernudes]

Pretty sure it was in Snow Crash

[ihaveajob]

No, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon#Technical_conten...

It was in a passage where some secondary character was in a prison cell and managed to spy on the screen across the wall using the technique.

[torcete]

Reminds me of the theremin. Turning an interference into something useful (or beautiful)