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Android unlock patterns are a boon for shoulder surfing attackers
Reported by helpnetsecurity.com
The “swiping” unlock patterns typical for Android devices are considerably easier for attackers to discern than PIN combinations.In fact, after only one observation of a user entering the pattern, 64% of shoulder surfing attackers will be able to reproduce it, a group of researchers from the US Naval Academy and the University of Maryland Baltimore County has found.