Monday, October 24, 2011

iPhone = Spy Phone?

What if a hacker could log every key you typed on your PC by placing a cellphone nearby? USresearchers have shown how this is possible using any smartphone available today.




At a conference in Chicago on Thursday, a group of computer researchers from Georgia Tech will report on another potential threat. The researchers have shown that the accelerometer and orientation sensor of a phone resting on a surface can be used to eavesdrop as a password is entered using a keyboard on the same surface. They were able to capture the words typed on the keyboard with as much as 80 percent accuracy.



Original Article: http://bit.ly/qp8wqU

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