Some guys in a Swiss University came up with a way to discover what you're typing on your keyboard, up to 20 meters away:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7681534.stm

The idea behind this sort of 'research' of course is that 'we are the good guys, and we are warning society against potential threats to IT security that the bad guys might be able to come up with'.

To be honest, if a person is able to come up with such clever stuff, I doubt they'd be stupid enough to create their career in crime. I think its quite unlikely that 'criminals' would be smart enough to come up with this sort of stuff - SO CAN YOU DAMN ACADEMICS PLEASE STOP FEEDING THEM WITH IDEAS!!!!

Its one thing if you discover these things in your bedroom, its another when you publish it in a renowned journal. Soon every 15 year old will be down the street figuring out what Im typing here. You get my drift!!!

So a message to: Martin Vuagnoux, Sylvain Pasini, Prof Bart Jacobs (and any other geeks in this area) if you're really concerned about public safety/etc, why dont you form your own security company that helps secure peoples IT systems, or develop these techniques in a way that doesnt allow every other person to do it for themselves.

Thank you.