Google Glass Users Can Steal Your Phone’s PIN With Ease

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A new study out of the University of Massachusetts Lowell suggests it’s incredibly easy to steal someone’s phone PIN. Like, stupid easy. And right at the forefront is everyone’s favorite attention grabbing computer, Google Glass. Seems the wearable computer was able to detect someone’s PIN with 83-percent accuracy from up to 3 meters away (or about ten feet)—even when the screen itself wasn’t visible. Scary. I hope these things never go anywhere near banks.

Glass wasn’t the only technology involved in the study; researchers also used an iPhone 5 and Logitech webcam to show how easy it is to steal your password. Glass, obviously, is the most alarming because of how it allows users to act surreptitiously. Someone across the room from you could be hacking your PIN right now, and that’s frightening. The webcam, meanwhile, correctly recorded PINs with 92-percent accuracy. And the iPhone 5? Perfect score.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/06/29/google-glass-steal-phone-pins/

No problem, if it was a bank's ATM, just cover your hand with a box that has only 4 sides.

 

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