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The Security Risk of Keyboard Clicks

Posted by simoniker on from the tap-tap-oops dept.

Gudlyf writes "First the blinking LED security issue, now this: listening to tell-tale keyboard clicks to decipher from afar what a person is typing. This isn't limited to just computer keyboards -- ATM's, telephone keypads, security doors, etc. Apparently with $200 worth of sound equipment and software, these keyboard clicks can be translated to within 80% accuracy. Of course, a whole lot of this is just theory."

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  1. Re:Great... by andyrut · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You could have the ATM read out the numbers to the blind person as they type them in...

    I thought the idea was to make it so the key combination could not be determined audibly. Having a computer voice say "six five nine two" pretty much defeats that purpose. :)