Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM
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Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 1, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 74 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #10 of 30, reached on Nov 1, 16:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 11:52 UTC.
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We demonstrated this in 2016 at PennApps and won the hackathon. The demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAM9c3eBFyE Code: https://github.com/fyquah/ramear Press: https://technical.ly/software-development/scary-hardware-hac... The most challenging part was to demonstrate it live on stage, typing on the…
These and other methods are good reason to believe that AI can never be 100% contained, which gives me pause. The famous air gap case is stuxnet, but there are other technical and biological approaches. It’s a very weird reality we’ve found ourselves in if you stop, zoom out about, and really take in the gravity of…
Cool paper even if the attack isn't practical, requiring getting the malware on the computer and a SDR antenna within 7 meters with clear line of sight of the affected computer for 100 bits per second (less after applying error correction). Hard to imagine a scenario where you can pull off both of those, but you…
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 11:52 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM reached?
#10 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 1, 16:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 1, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (74 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
194 points and 95 comments; submitted by hapax_legomena on Nov 1, 2026.