A.I. can identify keystrokes by just the sound of your typing and steal information with 95% accuracy, new research shows

Close up of fingers typing on glowing red backlight keys on a computer keyboard. (Credit: Ole Schwander—Getty Images)

You may have gotten used to covering your webcam, but now you might have to start muffling the sound of your keyboard, too.

Laptop users are at risk of having sensitive information including private messages, passwords, and credit card numbers stolen just by typing on their keyboard. A new paper by a team of researchers from British universities shows that artificial intelligence can identify keystrokes by sound alone with 95% accuracy. And as technology continues to develop at rapid paces, attacks such as these will become more sophisticated.