AI Can Steal Your Password By Listening To Your Keyboard

Author Morty

August 15th, 2023 3:10 PM

Typing on a laptop, while at a desk.

AI has become such a significant phenomenon that it’s not only on the path to replacing workers; it is now being exploited to steal identities and passwords!

Type Quietly

When you’re engrossed with typing, you might notice your keystrokes speeding up, causing your keyboard to produce louder sounds. This leads to you typing louder than normal. Guess what? AI could be listening.

When you log into your bank account online or any site requiring a login, you’re probably vigilant about ensuring no one is around to watch you type. But now you need to be aware of how soft or loud you type. Someone or something is now listening to your keyboard strokes, and that someone, or thing, is AI!

How Does Is Work?

According to an article done by ZDnet, researchers conducted an experiment using a MacBook Pro and and an iPhone 13 mini. They placed the iPhone about 17cm from the laptop. The iPhone was set on a cloth. They then installed Zoom’s built-in recording application on the MacBook Pro.

The researchers then taught the phone to listen to the keystrokes sound. Once they thought it was ready, they retested the accuracy of the results. They found the model they created had a 95% accuracy from the recordings on the phone. They then tested the Zoom recording on the MacBook Pro and that came back with a 93% accuracy.

With the data collected, they came to the conclusion that people could potentially employ similar models to eavesdrop on people’s keyboard strokes, thereby deciphering passwords to potentially crucial sites.

Prevent Your Passwords From Being Stolen

So with yet another way to have your personal info stolen, how do you prevent this from happening. Aside from the easy answer of not accessing sites requiring passwords in public, you can type softer. Most devices now use the face recognition for unlocking their phones or computers. Maybe stick with that for now. But just know being out in public at your local coffee shop, some one with the knowledge AI could be listening to your keyboard strikes.

We have more on this story in today’s edition of a Few Things You Should Know!

Morty is the Executive Producer of “The Mike And Carla Morning Show” on 96.3 KKLZ. He's been a part of the show and station for 5 years. Aside from producing the morning show, he has served as production director for over 20 years. Those commercials you hear between the music, he produced a lot of them for Las Vegas! He loves music, playing guitar, all things Vegas Golden Knights, the Steelers, and his English Bulldog, Squish! He will talk forever with you on any of these things! Morty writes about peculiar news stories and Las Vegas happenings.

Apple Changing Its Autocorrect So You Don't Duck Up Your Texts

Autocorrect! The greatest thing since sliced bread – and the worst thing since Olestra. (If you ate the chips, you know. If you didn’t, you dodged a bullet).

Apple is now making autocorrect what it should be – an aid to help you spell your swear words CORRECTLY.

At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference Apple made some big announcements. they also unveiled their new VR headset. Experts are calling it a “game-changer.” Especially for most of the guys who buy it, who may have no game to begin with.

Apple – a company that has advanced technology like no other company – has listened to the masses, and will be shifting over to an AI-powered autocorrect. People on social media are rejoicing, and commenting on how it will make it much easier to drop F-bombs, without your phone auto correcting it to “duck.”

Be honest – when have you ever truly meant to write the word “ducking”? Unless you were literally squatting down – and how often do you do that after the age of 40?

Apple is shifting over to an AI-powered autocorrect, which is tailored to YOU, and YOUR voice, and not just to a dictionary. The update isn’t immediate. But it will be available in the new iOS 17, which is coming out in a few months.

Autocorrect can be a problem for many. In-theory, it’s a very useful tool, but more often than not it mucks – or “ducks” up – its job, and leads to unnecessary confusion. Its incompetence is legendarily documented on many sites.

Apple’s software chief just announced the change, and joked, “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too.”

There are a lot of problems in our world right now, but autocorrect should NOT be one of them. Thank you Apple, for finally tackling something important!

Btw – here are the most auto corrected words. Not the end of the world – just annoying

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Dear
“Dear” autocorrects to “dead.” A Dear John letter is neverfun, but it’s definitely preferable to a “Dead John” letter.

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Were
“Were” to “We’re.” Autocorrect is very eager to help with contractions, even when no help is needed.

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My
“My” to “Me.” Makes you sound like a leprechaun: “Thanks for coming to me party!”

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Of
“Of” to “If.” A common, but really annoying change.

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Honey
“Honey” to “Hiney.” Who calls their partner “hiney”???

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