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Aug 15, 2023 · Information Security

Can Your Keyboard’s Sound Leak Your Password? AI‑Powered Acoustic Eavesdropping

A recent UK study demonstrates that a deep‑learning model can analyze audio recordings of keystrokes—captured via microphones or video‑call platforms like Zoom—to infer typed characters with up to 95 % accuracy, highlighting a serious acoustic side‑channel threat to passwords and other sensitive information.