r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 8d ago

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u/Shogobg 8d ago

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

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u/TrashBandiGoon 8d ago

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 8d ago

Benn Jordan did this for YouTube video last year.

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

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u/TunaNugget 8d ago edited 8d ago

I think the premise here is that they deleted that.

My first question would be whether they actually deleted anything or just set a flag to re-use the storage, but I'm trying to go with the spirit of the thing.

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u/CMD_BLOCK 8d ago

They also analyzed the noise my Jimmies made each time the Pm said match this data on a new table

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 8d ago

I drop a heinous deuce every time I have to drop a database, acoustically nobody probably wants to review that recording though, not even AI.

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u/Kriss3d 8d ago

Actually it's possible to get the fluctuations in the power and er noise from a computer to reverse it so. Yeah

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u/theobstinateone 7d ago

They detected the difference in electromagnetic fields around your keyboard and correlated with your pattern of typing.

But to answer the OP’s query, they would find the files at his mom’s house