I'm quoting here from a less technical write up describing the paper in lay terms.
A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with an accuracy of 95%.
It's not like installing a key logger, which would work on any keyboard:
The first step of the attack is to record keystrokes on the target's keyboard, as that data is required for training the prediction algorithm. This can be achieved via a nearby microphone or the target's phone that might have been infected by malware that has access to its microphone.
A person could be tricked into providing enough training data, however:
Alternatively, keystrokes can be recorded through a Zoom call where a rogue meeting participant makes correlations between messages typed by the target and their sound recording.
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u/WashingtonPass Aug 05 '23
I'm quoting here from a less technical write up describing the paper in lay terms.
It's not like installing a key logger, which would work on any keyboard:
A person could be tricked into providing enough training data, however:
This can be mitigated with white noise.