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Heard about the latest type of spying.

Australasian Business Intelligence, September, 2005

Byline: John Davidson

Sep 19, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Computer users need to comprehend a new type of "spyware". University of California, Berkeley scientists have completed research that demonstrates how anyone could steal passwords and other data by listening to the noise computer users made when typing on a keyboard. According to the researchers,

recording the sound of keystrokes and then applying a computer algorithm could accurately reconstruct 96 of what users were

typing. Computer scientist Doug Tygar said each key made a different noise, and recording the sound and applying the algorithm could accurately recreate whatever...

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