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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

arstechnica.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago
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Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.
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    oh not directly, but the code on the page can do a timing attack to see how long it takes to read and write a large file which can be used to fingerprint your ssd

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        Timing attacks are tricky because a lot of the time people don’t even think of them as a vector.

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