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

Samy Kamkar, a renowned hacker, has his own version of a laser microphone. He can point an invisible laser at a distant laptop through a window and detect its vibrations to reconstruct almost every character typed on it. The method, which uses the subtle acoustics created by tapping different keys on a computer, works even without a keyboard view if the hacker has a line-of-sight view of a relatively reflective part of the target laptop. This article continues to discuss Kamkar's keystroke eavesdropping technique.

Wired reports "Watch How a Hacker's Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop's Keystrokes"

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