TEMPEST Technology: The Next Step in the Evolution of Technology and the End of Personal Secrecy and Privacy in our Homes and Work Places Many people have no idea what TEMPEST technology is and yet, this could be the next biggest tool for espionage and spying on people since the microchip telephone bug was invented. TEMPEST technology in America is regulated by the National Communications Security Committee Directive (NCSCD), that has set standards for governmental electronics to protect against TEMPEST technology being used against us but this is not readily available to the American public. The main problem, however, is that most Americans don’t know about TEMPEST or what it does.Before going further we must first understand how TEMPEST works and how it came about into existence. Joel McNamara defines TEMPEST as “a U.S. government code word that identifies a classified set of standards for limiting electric or electromagnetic radiation emanations from electronic equipment.” What TEMPEST technology does is take those radiation emanations and reads it from upwards of 1 mile away, then converts it back into a readable signal. In the case of radiation from a monitor or TV, TEMPEST technology reads the radiation from the screen and puts the images from the screen that it is reading from onto their screen showing whom ever has the technology what you are watching and working on. The creation of TEMPEST technology dates back to the 1950’s when the American government realized that these electronics emanated certain amounts of radiation and that it could be captured using other devices and so standards were set for governmental electronics to shield the radiation. In the 1980’s the National Communications Security Information Memorandum set the current standards for governmental protection against TEMPEST technology.It’s nice to know that the government is protected, but what about mainstream Ame...
