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Smart Phones Could Hear Your Password

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The sensors inside modern smart phones present a range of security threats, and now the accelerometer is no exception. Used to detect when and how a phone is tilted, Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) has shown it can detect something else: keyboard vibrations. Source: Technology Review

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  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
  • Created: 10/18/2011
  • Modified By: Fletcher Moore
  • Modified: 10/07/2016

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Cybersecurity , information security , iPhone , patrick traynor , School of Computer Science , smartphones

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