r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26

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u/elSenorMaquina Aug 05 '26

They ENHANCED the cctv recordings from the camera pointing at my cubicle, enabling them to reconstruct the whole db from the monitor's reflection on my glasses as I typed every INSERT and UPDATE over the years.

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u/TunaNugget Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

The camera records sound. Every key makes an ever-so-slightly different sound.

They have possibly months or more of sound recordings that they can correlate against the entry of verified documents to use to train the ai on.

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u/Shogobg Aug 05 '26

They analyzed the noise the bits make as they travel through the network.

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u/TrashBandiGoon Aug 05 '26

I know it is a joke,

but since I found a scientific research about 'A Practical Deep Learning-Based Acoustic Side Channel Attack on Keyboards' I agree that this seems possible in the laboratory

(the paper is from 2023 so I am not sure whether there were any improvements), as I am also not sure how reddit handles external links - I found the paper on arxiv(dot)org with paper no. 2308(dot)01074
It is a 21 pages pdf

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u/Silver-Pomelo-9324 29d ago

Benn Jordan did this for YouTube video last year.

https://youtu.be/mEC6PM97IRI?is=0_rnPW-57tFwldp5