Not as much as you might think. A lot of audio communication softwares these days have some sort of background noise filter, not saying thay are perfect but they have been increasingly in effectiveness and adoption. My graphics card (nvidia) even supports it and works well. That plus my quiet switches, I’m not too worried about myself, or tech savvy streamers.
The biggest target is probably the elderly and less tech savvy, who are also more likely to fall for scams, and probably have less password entropy (which would make this software more accurate).
Remember, the attack model proved highly effective even against a very silent keyboard, so adding sound dampeners on mechanical keyboards or switching to membrane-based keyboards is unlikely to help.
Streamers especially are going to have to be incredibly careful going forward
Not as much as you might think. A lot of audio communication softwares these days have some sort of background noise filter, not saying thay are perfect but they have been increasingly in effectiveness and adoption. My graphics card (nvidia) even supports it and works well. That plus my quiet switches, I’m not too worried about myself, or tech savvy streamers.
The biggest target is probably the elderly and less tech savvy, who are also more likely to fall for scams, and probably have less password entropy (which would make this software more accurate).
They can just go back to dome keyboard that don’t make any sounds. Mechanical keyboard hype is overblown.
The article addresses exactly this suggestion.
Ai has gone too far!
What about a touchscreen keyboard? The layout wouldn’t have to change, and there needn’t be any sounds at all.
I know it’s shitty but for high security purposes like on a bank terminal or something, shitty but secure trumps nice but insecure, right?
Might be for you, but for whatever reason my brain really, really hates the tactile feel of rubber domes.
I’ve also always had strong issues with certain textures/tactile feels in general
Yeah, rubber domes suck. They are way too mushy.
I hate how the actuation force changes a lot during a key press.