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Feature Stops Apps From Stealing Phone Users' Passwords
Duke University's ScreenPass adds security to app logins on touchscreen devices.
- jffry 13y agoSounds like a great idea at least in principle - if you're typing a password, tell the special password keyboard app where you expect it will go, and then firewall the app from sending it anywhere else. In practice this app sounds like it's at least as large a security hole, if not more: ScreenPass guarantees that users always input passwords through the secure keyboard. It does this by using computer vision to periodically scan the screen for untrusted keyboards. No thanks, I'd rather not.