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by TylerE 4723 days ago
I don't see how that would make it harder. Audio surfing is easier than should surfing. Wonder if he could somehow get his one-button clicker to translate morse code into ascii. Then he really could log in in a fairly secure way.
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Audio eavesdropping could be pretty easily defeated with a challenge/response system. And if the speech recognition system is powerful enough, the response to the challenge could simply be to repeat the challenge in your own voice - which would be really user friendly.
I don't think he's trying to make it more secure, just trying to get a minimum level of security where he can open the laptop and input a password. Right now, the OP is unable to do that due to OSX not allowing any applications to run at the login screen.