This Just In: Fingers Leave Finger Prints on Touchscreen Phones
In other news, your mouth leaves saliva on whatever you put inside it! Alright, enough of the ridiculing, but I had to considering how this security “research” report sounds: according to a paper by the University of Pennsylvania, Android users face a security risk that sees the oil from their fingers left on the screen of their device even after it comes in contact with clothing – leading to the possibility of someone being able to make out the lockscreen pattern or code that you input every time you wake your device simply by the prints left on it.
Does this really surprise anyone? If it does, then please step outside of the bombshell you’ve been living inside and remove that aluminum foil hat from your head. Clean your device, make sure you don’t lose it, and have a nice day.
[via Engadget]