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by coppsilgold 875 days ago
Each key will produce a different sound even if it's just a touch screen surface keyboard due to being in different positions on the surface and having a relative position to the microphone - it may be more difficult and require a higher quality microphone.

Once you isolate and cluster all the key sounds you end up with a simple substitution cipher that you can crack in seconds.