Well, this seems to be a new cause for concern for those who find themselves frequently in online meetings.
Researchers have found a threat called “webcam peeking attack,” which involves a program that can reconstruct text reflected in an online meeting participant’s eyeglasses or other reflective objects in a video conference.
This kind of threat may be used in the future if webcam technology is be further improved and developed. The academics involved in the study created a model of how this attack will work and it was found to have an accuracy of over 75% when reconstructing and recognizing text obtained by a 720p webcam.
If this threat appears in the future, attackers could also identify the websites and other forms of information their victims are using. It can certainly be a tool for phishing important and sensitive information. Yikes!
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