A study presented at WOOT 10 – the 4th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies – warns that it's relatively straightforward to identify passwords from smudges on touchscreen mobile phones. 'Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens' was presented by researchers from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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This year's Meffys Gala Awards saw the inventor of transparent capacitive touchscreens given an 'Outstanding Contribution' Award. Dr Andrew Hsu created the 'Transparent Projected Capacitive Touch Screen', which was patented in 1999 and first appeared on the LG Prada in 2006. Capacitive touchscreens are now used on most smartphones.
The Meffys are run by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), which is the global trade body of the mobile media industry.
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