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Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar
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sabreW4K3 lazysoci.al sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
Joined: 2024-03-16
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Link: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/17/researchers-find-way-to-listen-in-on-headphones-from-afar/5297303
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Whirling_Cloudburst lemmy.world Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-06
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Am I misunderstanding something? So, making a custom vibration on the outside of the head set wouldn't interfere with the spy device at the right frequency?
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scutiger lemmy.world scutiger@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#3 · Quote Reply
Whirling_Cloudburst wrote:
Am I misunderstanding something? So, making a custom vibration on the outside of the head set wouldn't interfere with the spy device at the right frequency?

It's an external EM signal, not a vibration. They're interfering with the signal in a way that lets them separate the signal irself from ambient RF noise.
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BeBopALouie lemmy.ca Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-10
#4 · Quote Reply

On a somewhat different note I remember reading back in the day that dot matrix printers output could be deciphered by just the vibrations.
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Kairos lemmy.today LodeMike@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-26
#5 · Quote Reply

Entities with the money for a long range mic have always been able to listen into things from afar.
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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-12
#6 · Quote Reply
BeBopALouie wrote:
On a somewhat different note I remember reading back in the day that dot matrix printers output could be deciphered by just the vibrations.

the same can apparently apply to keyboards
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