Sheep Dip: Boffins sniff keystrokes with lasers

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Boffins sniff keystrokes with lasers

23 March, 2009

This is scary. Researchers have hit upon a way of stealing passwords from a distance, even if your computer isn't connected to a network. Using inexpensive equipment, they were able to pick up vibrational patterns and electromagnetic pulses discharged when typing characters. Presumably it’s only a matter of time before it can be applied to cashpoints too.

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