Comment by ihaveajob
I first learned about this while reading Cryptonomicon. It seemed too fantastical to be a real thing.
I first learned about this while reading Cryptonomicon. It seemed too fantastical to be a real thing.
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.
Pretty sure it was in Snow Crash