Malware Uses Smartphone Accelerometers to Steal Keystrokes

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: October 20, 2011

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Did you know your smartphone's accelerometer can be used to steal keystrokes from a nearby keyboard? Using an iPhone 4, Patrick Traynor (Computer Science) and colleagues have managed to capture complete sentences with up to 80 percent accuracy. Source: PC World

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http://www.hg.gatech.edu/node/71526
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
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  • Created On: Oct 20, 2011 - 6:46am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:10pm