☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlcybersecurity@infosec.pubtechnology@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWebsites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityarstechnica.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlcybersecurity@infosec.pubtechnology@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.world
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoyeah that’s what i mean. this shit has to be abstracted away, seriously. complex javascript on webpages is full of holes.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoTiming attacks are tricky because a lot of the time people don’t even think of them as a vector.
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
yeah that’s what i mean. this shit has to be abstracted away, seriously.
complex javascript on webpages is full of holes.
Timing attacks are tricky because a lot of the time people don’t even think of them as a vector.