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Side channel on steroids: Researchers in the UK claim to have translated the sound of laptop keystrokes into their corresponding letters with 95% accuracy in some cases.
That 95% 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%, while Skype calls were still 91.7% accurate. #CyberSecurity
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/08/07/audio_keystroke_security/
That 95% 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%, while Skype calls were still 91.7% accurate. #CyberSecurity
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2023/08/07/audio_keystroke_security/