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Thermal Cameras and AI Can Be Used to Crack Passwords, Study Warns
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Thermal Cameras and AI Can Be Used to Crack Passwords, Study Warns

Heat-detecting cameras can help crack passwords up to a minute after typing them, researchers have found, as they warn similar systems could be developed by criminals to break into computers and smartphones.

Heat from people's fingertips can be.... https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-10/heat-from-fingertips-can-be-used-to-crack-passwords-researchers-find

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  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran
    edited October 2022

    Fun video from Mark Rober demonstrating this technique...in 2014:

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  • "informed guesses of what the password could be"

    Uh...sure if your password is password123.

  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran

    This has been known for a long time. I recall a Popular Science article over ten years ago that was the same thing.

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