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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. coppsi+QC[view] [source] 2024-11-28 01:59:42
>>lxgr+T2
And having a microphone in the same chassis as the keyboard would make creating a keylogger easier. A microphone in the same room as the keyboard can be made into a keylogger[1].

[1] <https://github.com/shoyo/acoustic-keylogger>

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