A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with an accuracy of 95%.
How does that even work? Like, all the keys are generally manufactured to the same standards such that any physical difference in keys causing different sounds is a combination of user damage and random factory errors, no?
Probably, but it’s definitely there. I managed to tell that one of my friend’s pin had the same key twice in it because i heard the same kind of sound twice.
How does that even work? Like, all the keys are generally manufactured to the same standards such that any physical difference in keys causing different sounds is a combination of user damage and random factory errors, no?
Distance from microphone?
Probably, but it’s definitely there. I managed to tell that one of my friend’s pin had the same key twice in it because i heard the same kind of sound twice.
I mean sure, but “same key twice” isn’t exactly a specific character to type. I mean I hit caps lock twice typing my password for this site.