Mitigating factors include typing style, multi-case passwords, uncommon laptops.

Laptops more susceptible to having keyboard recorded in quieter areas, like coffee shops, libraries, offices. Previous attempts at keylogging VoIP calls achieved 91.7 percent top-5 accuracy over Skype in 2017 and 74.3 percent accuracy in VoIP calls in 2018.

      • remi_pan
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        1 year ago

        What makes the attack work is that

        most laptops have uniform, non-modular keyboards, with similar acoustic profiles across models.

        A loud keyboard might not be more exposed.

        But a custom-built keyboard seems protected against these accoustic attacks, moreso if unsual switches are used.