5 Feb
2003
5 Feb
'03
7:23 a.m.
At 08:37 AM 2/5/03 -0700, you wrote:
I didn't know I'd been "caught", that was Sridhar and his IBM ES9000.
I'm
the one that asked how long before some of us do run into this problem due
to power usage or heat output, and it looks like the answer is it has
already happened thanks to power usage. I do know though, that with having
4-5 computers running 24x7, I've got to have abnormal power usage (not to
mention how hellish my electric bills are getting).
Zane
New York Times
June 11, 2001
Court Restricts Heat-Sensor Searches
By David Stout
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today reiterated the right of privacy in the
age of technology, ruling in an Oregon drug case that the police cannot use
a heat-seeking device to probe the interior of a home without a search
warrant.
They restricted the use of HEAT SENSORS but they did not restrict the
police from using estimates of exceesive power usage by the power
companies. That's how they "caught" Zane. The thermal imaging sensors
would have probably shown that the source was a computer and not growing
plants. BTW they also use both technologies for detecking stills built
inside of homes.
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