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Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago by communism@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Great, now hackers and spies can detect my typing instead of using RATs or Trojans or packet sniffers, or just beating me with a $5 wrench (XKCD)

Also:

The trick, which takes advantage of the subtle acoustics created by tapping different keys on a computer, works even without a view of the computer's keyboard, so long as the hacker has a line-of-sight view of any relatively reflective portion of the target laptop.

So... Closing the curtains is all it takes to defeat this amazing technological method. GG.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure why you're so dismissive of this? It's kind of asinine.

Does everyone everywhere only ever use computers in an enclosed room? Is everyone with something value to exfiltrate easily accessible to kidnap and beat with a wrench?

This is valuable for corporate espionage, political purposes, or for nation states. If miniaturized, even easier for targeted attacks where it might be difficult to inject malware, or for broad attacks on office workers.

And the best part is that it doesn't leave a trace which beating someone with a wrench and malware would do....

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

You're not James Bond. Or a 1337 haxx0r. This technology isn't even new. Why are you stanning this guy? It's an assinine position to take.