Eavesdropping on typists: This probably is not a practical concern for most people, but a little disturbing anyway.
Sounds from typing on computer keyboards are distinctive enough to be decoded, allowing security breaches caused by “acoustic snooping,” University of California researchers said on Wednesday.
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I saw this the other day and was wondering why it resurfaced. Wasn’t this reported last year on /. or New Scientist or something?
I knew I’d seen this before. Here’s an article from 5/11/2004.