☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agooh 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
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoTiming attacks are tricky because a lot of the time people don’t even think of them as a vector.
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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.