Endpoint Security and Smartphones
Jay Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Tue Feb 19 15:20:12 UTC 2013
Some time back, the FBI was heard to say in public that draw-your-passpattern
security, as seen on Android smartphones and tablets, was too much for them,
at least as long as you kept your screen clean of skin oil. :-)
Whether or not that's true, there are apparently ways to attack even that,
using just the sensors on the platform. Specifically, the accelerometers
(which are actually usually just angle sensors):
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/02/guessing_smart.html
If you're responsible for security, BTW (and if you're on NANOG, you
probably are), Bruce Schneier should be on your daily bookmark list...
even if you think he's full of crap.
Cheers,
-- jra
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