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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

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Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing.

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The article doesn’t mention how it compensates for different keyboards. Like wouldn’t different switches and wear change the sound?
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  That’s because it’s Wired. Basically a big ass advertisement.
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  It sounds like bs but its cause that’s been solved since around Roman times, heres a pretty interesting website on the technique

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