ambient light sensors

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2017
Exfiltrating data from laptop and smartphones via ambient light sensors

A security researcher presented a method to exfiltrate sensitive data from a laptop or a smartphone through built-in ambient light sensors. The security expert Lukasz Olejnik discovered that it is possible to steal sensitive data exploiting the ambient light sensors built-in many smartphones and laptops. The ambient light sensors are installed on electronic devices to […]