Android – the world’s most popular mobile operating system. Gadget owners often use graphical passwords to protect critical financial transactions, as confidence in the reliability of the password.
Researchers at Lancaster University have found a way to hack pick unlock access to the smartphone on the Android platform.
Scientists have discovered that a password can be calculated with the camera and special applications. At the same time the owner of the smartphone may be on the recording device at a distance of two meters. Application of five attempts to pick up the key on the movements of the fingers.
Experts say that complex passwords are evaluated in 97.5% of cases, and simple – only 60%. The researchers believe that attackers can use this method to steal confidential information or imperceptible introduction of malicious software on the device, while the owner is distracted by something.
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