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no_one_ever
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Thermanator Attack Steals Passwords by Reading The...
This is why I habitually run my fingers across the keypad after entering my PIN. Paranoid thinking? Maybe.
privacypoller
on July 10, 2018
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I do something similar but I think it's far more likely that a cheap webcam is positioned where it can view the keypad of those who don't screen it well. I always throw in a few "phantom" keypresses when entering a pin for my cc or bank card.
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