Attacks can use open sensor data to guess your phone's PIN, 99 per cent of the time

Tom Allen
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A lack of permission requirements means that sensor data is open to any app that wants it

Smartphone PIN codes are, most people acknowledge, a necessary evil; they're an extra step to take before getting to your phone's key functions, but they also protect your data. Or do they? Acco...

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