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Boffins convert typing sounds into text with 95% accuracy (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Isn't boffin a derogatory term like "nerd"?

What a dogshit headline.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4 6 points 10 months ago

It’s The Register - think the Financial Times for IT but in the style of The Sun/any other British tabloid. They do it for the lulz, if you will - don’t get too hung up on the headlines as the content is top quality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It can be. Being a boffin, I'm not offended. Up to the individual if they choose to be offended.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Might have to spend some time getting Easy Effects/Noise Torch set up on my systems again just to reduce the vectors again.

There is a good comment on this post on physical mitigation that seems helpful as well: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/uerp9z/comment/i6p0jqa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button