Signals leaking from cables can reveal what’s on your screen to AI

Hackers could eavesdrop on electromagnetic waves leaking through the cable between the monitor and the computer and, with the help of artificial intelligence, decipher what’s displayed on the screen. While such attacks probably happen in the real world, the researchers say, average computer users need hardly worry.

The connection between the computer and the screen used to be entirely analog, but is now increasingly digital, with data being sent in binary over a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable. At any time…