Article 10E3P Your smartwatch knows your ATM and phone PIN

Your smartwatch knows your ATM and phone PIN

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Cory Doctorow
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Because a PIN-pad is so constrained and predictable, the accelerometer in your smartwatch is able to guess with a high degree of confidence (73%) what you enter into it -- it can also serve as a general-purpose keylogger, though with less accuracy (59%), thanks to the complexity of the keyboard. (more")

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