Key clicks betray passwords, typed text

Key clicks betray passwords, typed text
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-09-15

Eavesdroppers armed with a shotgun microphone or a small recording device could make off with a computer user's sensitive documents and data, three university researchers said in a paper released this week.

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Due South! 2005-09-19
Anonymous

I'm reminded that this occured in an Episode of Due South, from several years ago. Old news really....

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-19
Anonymous (1 replies)

This could very well mean that my poor typing with all the corrections could be considered a more secure form of typing. RFC anyone?

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Re: Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-23
Anonymous (1 replies)

That is exactly what I was thinking. I go back and make corrections so often, that I now see it as a good thing... a security technique! ;-)...

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Re: Re: Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-27
Anonymous

Plus, the 5 minute recording time seems to assume a typing rate of 60 words per minute. So in my case they would need a good hour or so....

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-20
Anonymous (1 replies)

This is old news, This was discused in the book silence on the wire by Michal Zalewski.

Anyone interested in this and other passive attacks should read this book....

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Re: Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2006-01-17
Anonymous

Yea. I bought this book week or so(maybe more).. And havent had the chance to read it all.

But none the less very interesting...

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-20
Anonymous

from the article : <i>"Then, using statistical properties of the English language--for example, 'e', 't' and 'o' occur most frequently and 'j' never follows 'b'"</i>

what about "BJ" or "object" ?...

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-22
Anonymous (1 replies)

J never follows B? oBJect?...

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Re: Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-23
Anonymous

subject(ive), object(ive)...

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-24
Anonymous

Hey, why not use keyboards that emit Victor Borge-like noises, only mixed up...?...

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Key clicks betray passwords, typed text 2005-09-27
Anonymous

Time to bring back loud stereos in the office....

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