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Feature request: Random keystroke delays against keystroke fingerprinting #1260

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3hhh opened this issue Sep 26, 2024 · 0 comments

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enhancement PRs welcome

3hhh commented Sep 26, 2024

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Keystroke fingerprinting can pose a serious threat to user privacy.
Adding random delays seems to make fingerprinting less successful.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/how-the-way-you-type-can-shatter-anonymity-even-on-tor/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.07612

Describe the solution you'd like.

A per-key or global way in kanata to enable random delays.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

https://github.com/vmonaco/kloak

Additional context

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3hhh added the enhancement label

jtroo added the PRs welcome label

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