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Researchers Use Smartwatch To Spy What Users Are Typing On a Keyboard

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-see-what-you're-writing dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers have created an app that follows the micro-movements of your smartwatch and is able to detect what keys you're pressing with your left hand, and guess what words you may be typing on a keyboard. The app developed for the Motion Leaks (MoLe) project only works on a Samsung Gear Live smartwatch, but researchers say that in theory, a similar app could be developed for other smartwatch makes and models.

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  1. Don't dig too deep, you won't like what you see by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 5, Funny

    Researchers have created an app that follows the micro-movements of your smartwatch and is able to detect what keys you're pressing with your left hand...

    I think they'll detect other kinds of movements made with the left hand.