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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing.

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It’s already infrared. Also, UV is partially visible to humans in some scenarios.

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