Roger Blake wrote:

> I have heard that if one wears a tin-foil hat of the correct type in
> conjuction with a microwave oven plus a radio and antenna tuned to
> the proper frequency, this will block the bits that the NSA uses to
> spy on your computer, which they can otherwise do even if it is
> turned off.

Not very far-fetched:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST

However, as counter-surveillance measures go, the tin-foil hat leaves
much to be desired :)

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K.
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