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Norwegian researcher creates fingerprinting method to identify Counter-Strike players via input patterns

A master's student from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology developed a technique that can uniquely identify gamers based on their mouse and keyboard input signals. By analyzing data from over a thousand players, the method achieved 100% accuracy with mouse patterns and 98% with keyboard signals, even linking multiple accounts to a single individual. The approach uncovered previously unknown account connections, highlighting its potential for player identification.

Wired and wireless gaming mice now perform nearly identically, testing shows

A comparison of gaming mouse specs finds that modern wireless models can match wired ones on the metrics that matter most: latency, polling rate, DPI, and tracking speed. High-end mice on either connection type can reach polling rates up to 8,000Hz, far outpacing a typical 125Hz office mouse, meaning the wired-versus-wireless debate has less impact on performance than it once did.