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Keystroke Detection via Zoom 🔑

Your keystrokes may be able to be tracked through Zoom calls. Here's how you can protect yourself.
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Keystroke Detection via Zoom 🔑

🎯 Accuracy: UK researchers nail a whopping 93% accuracy in detecting remote keystrokes through Zoom audio.

🛠️ How?: A deep learning model trained on unique waveforms of individual keys.

💻 Test Zone: A 2021 MacBook Pro and an iPhone 13 mini, with noise suppression at its lowest.

🚫 False Alarms?: Most errors are just 1-2 keys off. Future corrections? Highly likely!

🛡️ Stay Safe by:

  • 🎹 Changing your typing style.
  • 🔐 Using randomized multi-case passwords.
  • 🎶 Adding fake keystrokes to call audio.
  • 👆 Opting for biometrics over typed passwords.
  • 🤐 Mute your mic while typing.

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