Can ‘sonar’ sniff out your Android’s lock code?

Researchers have demonstrated a novel – if slightly James Bond technique – for clandestinely discovering the unlock pattern used to secure an Android smartphone. Dubbed ‘SonarSnoop’ by a combined team from Lancaster University in the UK and Linköping University in Sweden, the idea is reminiscent of the way bats locate objects in space by bouncing sound waves off them.

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