Self-jamming Audio Channels: Investigating the Feasibility of Perceiving Overshadowing Attacks

Recently there has been interesting in short-range communication using audio channels for device pairing and as a self-jamming communication medium. Given that such channels are audible to participants they are considered more resistant to active attacks, i.e. the attack could be distinguished by the participants. In this paper, we investigate the validity of this assumption in the only two practical acoustic self-jamming systems using different modulation schemes. We show that basic overshadowing is possible in these systems using an audio channel and that the attack cannot be effectively detected by the participants.

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