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Re:Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes by heavenlyblue on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:11AM (#41233693)
And it's very easy to break this by randomising keyboard layout every time someone enters their password. And that is already used in many systems.
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Re:Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes by sorrythanks on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:32AM (#41233806)
that perhaps protects passwords but what if you're just trying to learn what somebody is writing?
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Re:Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes by BobaFloutist on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @12:38PM (#41237025)
That sounds like an exhausting system to use.
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Re:Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes by DoctorOetker on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @07:05AM (#41309027)
Not really just visualize 2 rows of alphabet: the top row normal alphabetic, the bottom row the character you'd have to type to select the upper row character.

This obviously assume the screen is not simultaneously snooped, which is feasible..

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