New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy

Re:New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% ... by vladvasiliu on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:47AM (#37020420)

But isn't one of the reasons for using mechanical switches to be able to not bottom out, hence avoiding the repetitive shocks on the fingers? This is what I do with my tactile keyboards, and I'm actually quieter when I type quickly than my colleagues who bottom out on their cheap hollow HP keyboards like no tomorrow.

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Re:New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% ... by coldtea on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:12AM (#37031721)

Is it? I've had a few mechanical keyboards, and follow some of those webpages devoted to different switches etc (not obsessively though, once in a blue moon), and I don't recall seeing "bottoming out" and "shocks" as any major benefit mentioned.

I also remember typewriters and old IBM style mechanical keyboards beeing quite heavy to activate, subjectively needing more pressure than some chiclet style "shock" (which I can barely feel).

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