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"Power-Line Exploit" Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers [Security]

2f0595df99yboard 150x99 "Power Line Exploit" Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers [Security]

Thinking about plugging your laptop into one of those coveted airplane terminal power outlets while you wait for your flight to arrive? Be careful, because a hacker could be using those energy-giving wires against you. The technique is a form of keylogging, which is nothing new, but in an interesting twist hackers have figured out a non-traditional way to replicate the process using nothing but the electric signals created with each keystroke. Oh, and even if you aren’t plugged into a socket, they they can still log keystrokes remotely using a laser.

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