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There was a project from 15 years ago where you could put an iPhone on a desk and if someone was typing, you could determine the keys being pressed via the acce
by alexpotato 6mo ago
There was a project from 15 years ago where you could put an iPhone on a desk and if someone was typing, you could determine the keys being pressed via the accelerometer in the phone.
The original page seems to have died but you can still find the HN entry here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3203402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3203402
- flanbiscuit 6mo agoFound the original article on the archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20111021122406/https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/iphone-keylogger-spying/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111021122406/https://www.wired...
- adm4 6mo agoThis is the full "vibe code rabbit hole" I went down, with trying to understand what is possible with the sensors. https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/ https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/
- adm4 6mo agogreat idea down this thread, make a guitar tuner that listens with the accelerometer. https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/accel-tuner.html https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/accel-tuner.html
- adm4 6mo agointersting that phones ask for permission to camera and mic, but not always for accelerometer