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submitted 1 year ago by kpw@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

Researchers in the UK claim to have translated the sound of laptop keystrokes into their corresponding letters with 95 percent accuracy in some cases.

That 95 percent figure was achieved with nothing but a nearby iPhone. Remote methods are just as dangerous: over Zoom, the accuracy of recorded keystrokes only dropped to 93 percent, while Skype calls were still 91.7 percent accurate.

In other words, this is a side channel attack with considerable accuracy, minimal technical requirements, and a ubiquitous data exfiltration point: Microphones, which are everywhere from our laptops, to our wrists, to the very rooms we work in.

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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Does that come with free fingerless gloves?

[-] Outsider9042@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

No, but it comes with your choice of flavoured frozen yoghurt.

[-] b000urns@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The yogurt contains potasium benzoate

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] NAXLAB@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Of course not. The fingerless gloves are also niche, boutique, and premium.

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