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Posted on October 20, 2011 by Sophos

iPhone spyware can snoop on desktop typing

A team of researchers at Georgia Tech have demonstrated how they were able to spy on what was typed on a regular desktop computer’s keyboard via the accelerometers of a smartphone placed nearby.

Categoriesaccelerometer, Georgia Tech, keyboard, Naked Security, QWERTY, Security, spyware TagsApple, Data loss, Featured, iphone, Malware, Mobile, privacy

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