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New ‘negative light’ technology hides data transfers in plain sight

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Beep@lemmus.org⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/03/New-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-in-plain-sight

Hacker News.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sorta bullshit from the same lab that hyped their night time solar that works but is thermodynamically impossible to be practical.

    Flash an ir diode with encrypted data and because encrypted data looks like noise, you can’t tell that the data isn’t just heat noise.

    That’s it.

    They invented a bunch of hype words to get press because unfortunately that’s how labs get money these days.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We’re all the way back around to IR diodes now? Is this just early 2000s retro stuff, and we’re going too get physical keyboards on our phones again soon?

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      • Quazatron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My newish Xiaomi has an IR diode which is very useful to switch the AC on or off when I can’t be bothered to find the remote, and to mute TVs in restaurants.

        It has a 3.5mm audio jack too.

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      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They invented a really neat diode. It creates electricity when it emits ir. But of course that isn’t enough to get research funding which is why they make ridiculous hype.

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  • mandolrain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok but that’s a sick ass wallpaper

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    • HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      indeed

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel like publishing it like this effectively neuters the security aspect…?

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    • mangaskahn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Security by obscurity is no security at all. If you can’t publish the details of a system and have it still work, it was never secure in the first place.

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      • BoJackHorseman@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Tell that to Apple

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    web.mit.edu/kolya/misc/txt/dark_suckers

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    • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I… don’t know what I just read

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      • db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Image

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  • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “defense” sure buddy

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    • whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think “finance” is even more obviously bullshit.

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