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virgin HDMI vs chad VGA (infosec.pub)
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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

HDMI also has a leaky hack

https://hackaday.com/2023/03/07/pulling-data-from-hdmi-rf-leakage/

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean… you have been able to do things like that for a long time. You used to be able to use cable toners to listen to conversations on analog phone lines for instance.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Hell, toner and probe is still a common diagnostic tool for telecom engineers.