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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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[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 101 points 1 year ago (3 children)

New policy from the corporate office: If you are working in a public place, like a coffee shop, please scream while typing your login password.

[–] sanimalp@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

I screamed my password and now I got hacked. Thanks for nothing!

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

use the onscreen keyboard

much more secure

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