Finger-drawn lines could replace PINs on mobile devices

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Many of us now use our mobile devices for things like online banking, in crowded public places ... the sort of places where it would be easy for sometime to sneak a peek as we enter our passcodes. Researchers from New Jersey's Rutgers University, however, are working on a possible alternative to those typed codes. They've discovered that passwords consisting of hand gestures used to draw free-form lines on a smartphone or tablet screen are much more difficult for "shoulder surfers" to copy after seeing... Continue Reading Finger-drawn lines could replace PINs on mobile devices

Section: Mobile Technology

Tags: Gesture Recognition, Max Planck Institute, passwords, Rutgers University, Security, Touchscreen, University of Helsinki

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