Reply to post: And yet, it's so very, very easy to fix..

UK boffins steal smartmobe PINs with motion sensors

Fred Flintstone Gold badge

And yet, it's so very, very easy to fix..

What I find baffling is that people find this a difficult problem to solve when you have a touch screen.

All you need to do is randomise the position of the digits on each PIN request. As it concerns numbers it's not too much of a hunt to find the right button (it's not a good idea with alphanumerics) and it gets rid of such detection (location sensing is also something that happens when observing someone entering a PIN on a doorpad - you can assert probabilities from the way the arm moves).

Of course, you make such an idea OPTIONAL - for the user who values convenience over security or who has reduced sight or mobility.

Also, as the video was is showing a fingerprint reader equipped phone, let's make it possible to access such a device with a combination of PIN and FP - that is IMHO better for a device that carries payment information.

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