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That has to be one of the more amazing attacks I've ever seen, but of course it only works in a really weak environment where someone is trying to use a single disconnected machine otherwise close to other machines with normal capabilities.

I'm actually curious if something like this is behind the logic of why a minimum 6-foot gap is required between classified and unclassified workstations in the same building. But actual SCIFs don't allow radio waves through the walls and don't allow any sort of radio-enabled devices that may be able to read this signal and send it back home inside. You definitely can't bring IOT devices anywhere remotely close to a high-security environment.

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