Your webcam's microphone can reveal what's on your screen during video calls

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ever enjoy a sneaky spot of online shopping during conference calls, or plan a vacation while chatting with your manager It might be time to
stop
Security researchers have demonstrated a way to find out what's being displayed on another person's screen during a video call using
only the audio from their webcam.The researchers published their findings at last week's CRYPTO 2018 conference in Santa Barbara,
according to Ars Technica
After training, the system was able to identify which of the 10 most popular websites was displayed on-screen with 96.4% accuracy.Synthesia
is a novel way to breach security using data that would normally go ignored - much like the creative Thermonator hack demonstrated last
month, which allows would-be crooks to discover passwords using residual heat on recently pressed keys.