Imagine your innocent computer mouse secretly recording every word you say. Researchers at the University of California just uncovered a chilling vulnerability called ‘Mic-E-Mouse.’ Standard mice can pick up tiny vibrations, including sound waves traveling through your desk, and convert them into audio with 61% accuracy—enough for AI to decode your private convos, especially numbers like banking credentials.
This exploit was discovered through experiments showing how mouse sensors detect desk vibrations as sound.
‘This is a serious privacy threat since mouse sensors aren’t typically scanned for security risks,’ warned a University of California researcher.
Tech experts online are freaking out, with one cybersecurity analyst calling it ‘a wake-up call for everyone who thought peripherals were safe.’
So, what’s the fix? Fully shut down your computer instead of using sleep or hibernate modes, which keep peripherals active. Could this be the start of even sneakier hacks? Let’s talk about how we protect our privacy in a world where even our mouse can betray us.
Sources: tech radar
