Researchers find way to listen in on headphones from afar

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/17/researchers-find-way-to-listen-in-on-headphones-from-afar/5297303

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LodeMike@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 6d

Entities with the money for a long range mic have always been able to listen into things from afar.

Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Am I misunderstanding something? So, making a custom vibration on the outside of the head set wouldn't interfere with the spy device at the right frequency?

scutiger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6d

It's an external EM signal, not a vibration. They're interfering with the signal in a way that lets them separate the signal irself from ambient RF noise.

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 6d (1 reply)

On a somewhat different note I remember reading back in the day that dot matrix printers output could be deciphered by just the vibrations.

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 6d

the same can apparently apply to keyboards