Gary Marcus pours cold water on heat-based air-gap attack panic
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-19
A debate on whether air-gapped computers can secretly communicate via heat. Romeo Lupascu argues real air-gap design blocks every channel—heat, EM radiation, power draw—by construction, while Gary Marcus jokes that reality keeps spoiling the panic. Touches on side-channel attack feasibility and security engineering boundaries.
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