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From: Its from Onion <areda..._at_msn.com>
Subject: Cellphone made to steal keystrokes
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ATLANTA (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a smartphone could be hacked to sense=
, record and transmit the keystrokes of a person working on a computer near=
by.=20
Researchers at Georgia Tech said by using a smartphone's accelerometer -- t=
he internal device that detects when and how a phone is tilted -- to sense =
keyboard vibrations, they were able to decipher complete sentences being ty=
ped on a computer on a nearby desktop with as much as 80 percent accuracy.=
=20
Though not easy, it is possible with most new smartphones, the researchers =
said in a release Monday.=20
"We first tried our experiments with an iPhone 3GS, and the results were di=
fficult to read," Patrick Traynor, a professor of computer science, said. "=
But then we tried an iPhone 4, which has an added gyroscope to clean up the=
accelerometer noise, and the results were much better. We believe that mos=
t smartphones made in the past two years are sophisticated enough to launch=
this attack."=20
However, cellphone owners shouldn't be paranoid that hackers are tracking t=
heir keystrokes, Traynor said.=20
"The likelihood of someone falling victim to an attack like this right now =
is pretty low," he said. "This was really hard to do. But could people do i=
t if they really wanted to? We think yes."=20
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nearby. <BR><BR>Researchers at Georgia Tech said by using a smartphone's a=
ccelerometer -- the internal device that detects when and how a phone is ti=
lted -- to sense keyboard vibrations, they were able to decipher complete s=
entences being typed on a computer on a nearby desktop with as much as 80 p=
ercent accuracy. <BR><BR>Though not easy, it is possible with most new smar=
tphones, the researchers said in a release Monday. <BR><BR>"We first tried =
our experiments with an iPhone 3GS, and the results were difficult to read,=
" Patrick Traynor, a professor of computer science, said. "But then we trie=
d an iPhone 4, which has an added gyroscope to clean up the accelerometer n=
oise, and the results were much better. We believe that most smartphones ma=
de in the past two years are sophisticated enough to launch this attack." <=
BR><BR>However, cellphone owners shouldn't be paranoid that hackers are tra=
cking their keystrokes, Traynor said. <BR><BR>"The likelihood of someone fa=
lling victim to an attack like this right now is pretty low," he said. "Thi=
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