From: Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.co.uk>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Two anecdotes
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 10:12:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211120101230.A2BCF21C4E@orac.inputplus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EC840092-F195-4C3D-886B-1370D80BAFC5@gmail.com>
Hi,
Alan wrote:
> Apparently [Ken] was very good at observing keystrokes.
A couple of decades ago, back when I used to work in offices with other
people, I got quite proficient at ‘reading’ their typing when viewing
the keyboard upside down, i.e. I was the other side of their desk.
It's not too hard if they're typing natural-language words and phrases
with the odd digit tacked on especially if one doesn't focus on each
individual keystroke but the pattern of presses. And it's easy to
practice on lots of typing where security isn't important.
--
Cheers, Ralph.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-20 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-19 22:41 Alan Glasser
2021-11-20 0:54 ` Rob Pike
2021-11-20 1:30 ` Jon Steinhart
2021-11-20 2:08 ` Alan Glasser
2021-11-20 2:48 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2021-11-20 3:08 ` John Cowan
2021-11-20 10:12 ` Ralph Corderoy [this message]
2021-11-21 2:05 ` Larry McVoy
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