Researchers demonstrate how PINs and other info can be gathered through phone movement

 A team of researchers at Newcastle University in the UK has published a paper highlighting some troubling findings linking on-board sensors with privacy issues. Using data collected by mobile device’s hardware tracking systems, the team was able to crack four digit PINs with 70-percent accuracy on the first try, with 100-percent accuracy by try number five. While some applications… Read More

from https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/10/pin-gathering-mobile/?ncid=rss