Aug. 9, 2023, 10:06 a.m. | /u/mandos_io

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Researchers from the UK have made a groundbreaking discovery: the sound of laptop keystrokes can be translated into their corresponding letters with a staggering 95% accuracy!
Even more concerning? This was achieved using just a nearby iPhone. When tested over platforms like Zoom, the accuracy only slightly dropped to 93%, and Skype calls were still 91.7% accurate.
This represents a new form of side-channel attack, leveraging microphones that are omnipresent in our daily lives. The researchers achieved this without relying …

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