Spying won’t help you (Image: Jon Challicom/Alamy)
THE touch screen is fast becoming our favourite way to interact with computers, from sleek smartphones to the upcoming tablet PCs. Brightly lit, responsive screens are certainly pleasing to use, but they also make it easier for “shoulder surfers” to spy your secret pass codes.
Cellphone users typically spare little thought for such security issues, but as handsets become better equipped to deal with mobile banking and e-commerce applications, shoulder surfing will only increase. New methods of secure pass-code entry for touch screens aim to tackle the problem.
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