Instant Scholar: Smartphone motion sensors pose severe security risk; Study exposes PIN inference attack – The Times of India
A study published in the IEEE Sensors Journal reveals a significant security vulnerability in modern smartphones that could compromise user privacy. The research, conducted by a team of Indian and international researchers, explores how motion sensors embedded in smartphones—such as the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer—can be exploited to infer a user’s four-digit PIN, enabling unauthorized…