Attacks can use open sensor data to guess your phone's PIN, 99 per cent of the time
A lack of permission requirements means that sensor data is open to any app that wants it
Shivam Bhasin encourages the use of long PINs and two-factor authentication
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? According...
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