Computer Warming a Privacy Risk

Iria · Dec 29, 2006, 06:02 PM

Source: Wired News
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Berlin - A security researcher has a devised a novel attack on online anonymity systems in which he literally takes a computer's temperature over the internet.

The attack uses a phenomenon called "clock skew" -- the tendency for the precise clocks in modern computers to drift off of the correct time at slightly different rates, which can be affected by heat.

Dec 29, 2006, 06:02 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Computer Warming a Privacy Risk Source: Wired News _________ Berlin - A security researcher has a devised a novel attack on online anonymity systems in which he literally takes a computer's temperature over the internet. The attack uses a phenomenon called "clock skew" -- the tendency for the precise clocks in modern computers to drift off of the correct time at slightly different rates, which can be affected by heat.