[markjo]

It seems that it's possible to extract certain RSA keys by listening to the sounds that your CPU makes.
http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/acoustic/

[Rushy]

By placing a parabolic microphone inches from it while it creates the key. The NSA probably already has a chip backdoor anyway, so this is hardly thought provoking.

[Blanko]

By placing a parabolic microphone inches from it while it creates the key. The NSA probably already has a chip backdoor anyway, so this is hardly thought provoking.

Speaking of which... http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html

[Lord Dave]

By placing a parabolic microphone inches from it while it creates the key. The NSA probably already has a chip backdoor anyway, so this is hardly thought provoking.

Speaking of which... http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html

6 months before its hacked.

As for OP:
Meh.  With the right equipment, keyboard key strokes can be digitally detected from like 30m away.

[Rushy]

Meh.  With the right equipment, keyboard key strokes can be digitally detected from like 30m away.

This is why secure IT facilities do not have windows and have carpet on the walls.