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1. lxgr+T2[view] [source] 2024-11-27 20:34:39
>>xairy+(OP)
Arguably a much, much bigger problem are the (many) microphones of modern devices.

These usually get neither an LED nor a switch, and unlike cameras can't easily be covered, nor pointed away from potentially sensitive topics/subjects.

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2. 8f2ab3+N6[view] [source] 2024-11-27 20:57:58
>>lxgr+T2
At the same time we're at a point where synthesizing your voice is getting more trivial everyday, you need only a few seconds of it and you can be made to say whatever someone wants.
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3. lxgr+dc[view] [source] 2024-11-27 21:37:15
>>8f2ab3+N6
Sure, but that doesn’t mean they learn everything I said: Passwords, personal details etc.

Also, getting a voice sample in the first place gets significantly easier that way: Not everybody publishes video or audio recordings of themselves online.

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4. schroe+2e[view] [source] 2024-11-27 21:49:58
>>lxgr+dc
> Passwords

Which reminds me, to strengthen your point, it doesn't have 100% keystroke recognition, but there are works[1] on keylogging via audio, and 93% via Zoom-quality audio streams is concerning enough for me.

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01074

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