Re:Stealing Sensitive Browser Data with the W3C Ambient Ligh...
by jwilk on Thursday October 19, 2017 @07:29AM
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> Filter the signal down to about 0.5Hz, which is comparable to how fast most displays auto-adjust for brightness.
No, that wouldn't help.
From the article: For the light sensor, limiting the frequency will not thwart our attacks; even frequency as low as 1Hz would allow the same type of attack, with only factor-of-two slowdown.
No, that wouldn't help.
From the article: For the light sensor, limiting the frequency will not thwart our attacks; even frequency as low as 1Hz would allow the same type of attack, with only factor-of-two slowdown.