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cormacrelf
on July 14, 2023
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Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a brow...
No, this is a timing attack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack
. See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack
for more general usage of "timing attack" beyond cryptography.
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