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An SSD side-channel fingerprints open apps by disk timing

development2026-05-29

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Researchers revealed an AI-based SSD side-channel attack that fingerprints the sites and apps a user has open purely by timing disk contention.

Reporting date: 2026-05-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 29, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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An SSD side-channel fingerprints open apps by disk timing
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Reporting date: 2026-05-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-29-a-side-channel-in-your-idle-drive
Claim: Researchers revealed an AI-based SSD side-channel attack that fingerprints the sites and apps a user has open purely by timing disk contention.
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- Welcome to May 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-29-2026
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