How a hum emitted from the electrical mains is transforming the work of forensic audio scientists.
Acoustic Cryptanalysis - Schneier on Security
This is neat: Here, we describe a new acoustic cryptanalysis key extraction attack, applicable to GnuPG’s current implementation of RSA. The attack can extract full 4096-bit RSA decryption keys from laptop computers (of various models), within an hour, using the sound generated by the computer during the decryption of some chosen ciphertexts. We experimentally demonstrate that such attacks can be carried out, using either a plain mobile phone placed next to the computer, or a more sensitive microphone placed 4 meters away. Beyond acoustics, we demonstrate that a similar low-bandwidth attack can be performed by measuring the electric potential of a computer chassis. A suitably-equipped attacker need merely touch the target computer with his bare hand, or get the required leakage information from the ground wires at the remote end of VGA, USB or Ethernet cables. ...
Hidden Microphones Exposed As Part of Government Surveillance Program In The Bay Area
A clandestine government surveillance program that has been operating around the Bay Area is being exposed.
Solar Symphony: Listening to the Sun's hidden "music"
What sound can teach us about our Sun? In this episode, we explore how NASA scientists translate electromagnetic waves from the Sun into sound, and even music. Through this process, researchers are gradually unlocking the Sun's secrets, from the steady \"hum\" of the star's rotation, to the way that solar winds \"play\" the Earth's magnetosphere like a harp. This story comes from the podcast NASA's Curious Universe, and features Host and Astrophysicist Padi Boyd, Sonification Specialist Robert Alexander and Heliophysicist Mike Hartinger. Explore the all new Defacto Sound website, and click the Contact Form to get in touch.If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org.Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.Join our community on Reddit and follow us on Facebook.Subscribe to NASA's Curious Universe wherever you get your podcasts.Get 50% off your first meal box plus free shipping at factormeals.com/factorpodcast.Get an exclusive 60% discount on Incogni and a 30-day money-back guarantee at incogni.com/20k.Claim your $75 sponsored job credit at indeed.com/hertz.Download the CFO's Guide to AI and Machine Learning at netsuite.com/20k.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A dispatch from the dawn of the electronic music age | Aeon Videos
These days, synthesised sound is easy to access – but early electronic music pioneers had to get hands on to produce it
Csound: A sound and music computing system | Hacker News
Max & Pd are fantastic for incorporating sensors & other physical interfaces, real-time interactivity, routing signals, creating visualizations, & all that. Supercollider is fantastic for generative music & using control flow compositionally.
Noise — binaural beats generator
Binaural beats, Shepard tones, harmonic overtones, and noise generator. Keeps playing when your phone sleeps.
The Whole Industry Is Doing This. Sony's Just Doing It Loudest. · Ewan’s Blog
The Whole Industry Is Doing This. Sony's Just Doing It Loudest. — Ewan’s Blog
Digital feeds, malnourished students — Phantom Power
Today we’re doing one of our occasional episodes where host Mack Hagood talks about a new essay he’s written for our newsletter “Feed Logic and the Failure to Thrive” Mack writes that students and professors are struggling, both academically and spiritually. He tries to diagnose the issue he felt in his classrooms this year and the role technology may play in it. For new listeners, Mack is a writer and researcher who studies sound, technology, and culture. He is the author of Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control, a book on noise-canceling headphones, white noise, tinnitus, and the ways people use sound to manage modern life. He is currently writing a new book for Penguin Press, and he also hosts this podcast Phantom Power, where he interviews artists, scholars, musicians, and sound designers about the invisible power of sound in everyday life. Besides all that, Mack is a university professor and that’s what his most recent essay is about. Click here to read the newsletter for free. Cited Media: Film:Mary…
Police, Power and Privacy: Top secret RCMP files reveal digital roadblocks in terrorism, major crime cases | CBC News
Police, Power and Privacy is a special 5-part investigative series that looks at why police across the country want new powers to track tech-savvy suspects, and why privacy advocates say they should be denied.
music hardware is a fashion accessory
why is everyone obsessed with audio hardware now?
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
Devices | Audiotool
Explore Audiotool's collection of synthesizers, drum machines, and effects. From powerful synths like Heisenberg and Pulverisateur to classic drum machines and professional effects.
Art of Noise
A multi-sensory exploration of how design has changed the way we’ve experienced music over the past 100 years.
Audio Fingerprinting using the AudioContext API
Audio fingerprinting takes advantage of device performance specs to build up an identifying fingerprint of a user. It uses the AudioContext API for this
Diffuse
The main idea is that you upload your audio files to your browser or cloud storage, and then consume those files through Diffuse.