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New Mic-E-Mouse Attack Shows Computer Mice Can Capture Conversations (hackread.com)

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Security researchers at UC Irvine reveal the 'Mic-E-Mouse' attack, showing how high-DPI optical sensors in modern mice can detect desk vibrations and reconstruct user speech with high accuracy. Learn how this side-channel vulnerability affects your privacy.

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Does it work on mouse pads or only mice directly on a hard surface?

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I'm guessing it's the same as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_microphone. So soft surfaces will dampen the vibrations but probably not render it completely useless

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm also not sure how good the data is, if I'm not shouting at my desk with the mouse directly on it

Is the project open source?
Would be cool to do some tries...