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minus-squarecolmear@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoIt’s not about a camera, but I have read something about using a hard drive as a microphone by detecting the vibrations of the head. Here is a short article I found about this: https://hackaday.com/2019/03/13/hackers-turn-hard-drive-into-microphone-that-can-listen-in-on-your-computers-fan-whine/
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThe article makes it sound like it doesn’t really work
minus-squarecolmear@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah, but it is a cool proof of concept. I’m sure that in the following years the tech will get better and something like this might be a viable spying solution, but hdds are luckily dying out in private PCs
It’s not about a camera, but I have read something about using a hard drive as a microphone by detecting the vibrations of the head. Here is a short article I found about this: https://hackaday.com/2019/03/13/hackers-turn-hard-drive-into-microphone-that-can-listen-in-on-your-computers-fan-whine/
The article makes it sound like it doesn’t really work
Yeah, but it is a cool proof of concept. I’m sure that in the following years the tech will get better and something like this might be a viable spying solution, but hdds are luckily dying out in private PCs