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Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by dkokelley on Sunday July 12, 2009 @05:56PM (#700623)
I've heard that passwords can be compromised by the sound (probably over multiple entries) of the keystrokes, since the attacker can figure out how far apart the keys are and listen for patterns, though I haven't seen any demonstration of this yet.
Re:Stealing Data Via Electrical Outlet by kragen on Sunday July 12, 2009 @08:54PM (#700815)
Each key also sounds different. One of their attacks uses this, in a slightly extended sense.