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0x815 ( 0x815@feddit.de )  to Technology · 3 years ago

Research shows snoops can decipher keystrokes during Zoom calls

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Research shows snoops can decipher keystrokes during Zoom calls

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0x815 ( 0x815@feddit.de )  to Technology · 3 years ago
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One upon a time we thought the worst things that could happen during a Zoom conference were accidentally leaving the microphone on while cursing out your cat, hearing someone snoring during your stellar summation of your latest project, or standing up to run to the kitchen while forgetting you have no pants on.
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  • Gaywallet (they/it) ( Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) 
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    The findings are interesting, but the study design is lacking. A single device is used (to be fair, it’s a commonly used device) and as far as I can tell a single person recorded the keystrokes and was assessed. I don’t think it did a good job of simulating trying to train and create a model for someone via recorded audio from a medium such as zoom given many realistic variables like audio quality, being on or off mute, connection quality issues, mic sensitivity, etc. With that being said, it is exposing a theoretical attack vector and I think that’s important to identify and recognize.

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      That’s just generally polite anyway, I don’t wanna hear people typing away during a meeting

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    I’d assume this only works with non-normalized stereo audio. Just flip mono audio on and normalize, then you can’t really tell which key is pressed, or if you’re talking at the PC or from the living room.

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      There was previous (german?) research that was able to do this from just well-recorded sound.
      HRTF etc. wasn’t required.

      https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7996-keyboard-sounds-reveal-their-words/ (Paywall, apologies, and it’s US, I couldn’t find the german one)

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