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A smartphone is usually protected by a personal identification number (PIN) security number that people often expose their devices carelessly in public for security breaches. The sensitive touch screen of a smartphone means that traces of the user’s finger prints can be exposed by thermal camera technology available in the market today.
Here is a man sitting on a chair using a smartphone.
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When the man carelessly leaves his seat with a smartphone on the table, a woman strolls over and takes a photo of the man’s smartphone screen with a thermal camera.
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Here is a thermal photograph of the smartphone screen clearly showing that the secret PIN code is a 4-digit password variation of the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. This smartphone can be easily hacked and private information accessed by virtually anyone in just 4 seconds!
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Even smartphone screens with a “swipe pattern” as a security password can easily be revealed by thermal camera technology as shown in this photo.
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What did you think?
Smartphone security needs to consider more seriously by users everywhere as the emergence of thermal camera technology is a real danger so please keep your smartphone with you at all times!
For more details, please watch the extended video below that was released by the University of Stuttgart in Germany.
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