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What we clearly need are louder keyboards - which overload the mic so as to render keystrokes indistinguishable.

>>therei+(OP)
I've wanted to integrate a cap gun into a keyboard, basically a an old fashioned roll of paper caps and solenoid to whack 'em, triggered by exclamation points.

>>therei+(OP)
Adding a gain knob to my keyboard, be right back.

>>TheCle+55
When conducting coding interviews remotely I often switch from my mechanical keyboard to my laptop keyboard (for taking notes) because I know how annoying/distracting that sound can be on calls. Suffice it to say, having a gain knob on my mechanical keyboard would be wonderful.

>>therei+(OP)
Or auto-mute upon key press.

>>busyan+pd
Alternatively, constant random key press sounds playing in the background.

>>therei+(OP)
Some old IBM keyboards (beamsprings, the predecessor to the Model F, which preceded the Model M) had solenoids inside to make them louder and sound more like typewriters. I wonder if such a setup would defeat this attack, or if it would still be possible to discern the actual keypress alongside the solenoid.

>>TheCle+55
My mechanical keyboard already has a knob that I've configured to control the system audio volume, all that's left is configuring Linux to play an audio recording of a keypress every time I press a key...

>>busyan+pd
Or just use a password manager.

>>tiltow+ak
I'm guessing it would be easier (assuming you trained it on that keyboard), because each solenoid would be fairly unique due to manufacturing tolerances. Just my gut feeling, I have no data to back it up.

>>tiltow+ak
Not just limited to old IBM keyboards! The new reproduction Model F keyboards also have a solenoid option! It's fantastically loud with it banging on the solid metal case along with the buckling springs. Great keyboards in general.

>>somepl+al
> all that's left is configuring Linux to play an audio recording of a keypress every time I press a key

I unironically think I've seen that config recently - someone had an actually quiet keyboard but wanted the full Mechanical Keyboard Effect™ so they just... have it play the sound per keypress. (It was not 100% clear to me whether it was an elaborate joke or a real aesthetic choice)

>>yjftsj+3F
The Kinesis Advantage2 and the Moonlander have a piezo speaker to give keystroke sounds. However, they are not for, as you might expect to give the full Mechanical Keyboard Effect™.

If you have mechanical switches, you want to learn to type just past the actuation point and not until the switch bottoms out. This is relatively easy with tactile switches (the have a bump and the actuation point is immediately after the bump). However in linear switches, you don't feel when you have hit the actuation point. So the piezo speaker can be used during the first weeks to train your muscle memory of where the actuation point is, so that you can type lightly.

I had this on my Kinesis Advantage with Cherry Reds, and it was really nice during the initial days/weeks, after which I turned it off.

>>doix+Pt
I know nothing about this keyboard, but I'd assume it just has one solenoid because the expense and space of 100+ solenoids is impractical if all you're using them for is simulating the vibration/sound of a typewriter.

>>somepl+al
You want https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring then.

Lagniappe: “To temporarily silence bucklespring, for example to enter secrets, press ScrollLock twice”

>>Gh0stR+9L
I wish I could delete my comment to hide my stupidity. For some reason I was thinking about springs despite reading and typing solenoid. You are of course 100% correct and unfortunately it's too late for me to hide my shame.