Tactile Passwords vs Shoulder Surfing

holy_calamity writes "Entering passwords using a tactile interface would remove two of the main vulnerabilities of using keyboards and alphanumeric passwords say UK researchers. They're using sequences of tactile icons on a VTPlayer tactile mouse instead. Shapes are displayed using the 16-pin tactile displays under the user's fore and middle fingers. As well as being almost impossible for anyone else to observe, tactile passwords can't be guessable in the same way as many conventional ones, they say. A video shows it all in action." Not that the video really helps explain it very well.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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The wrong approach

[Anonymous Coward]

Once again you guys have it all wrong, its not about what tech is used to enter a password, but how you enter it. When at an atm (I was told slashbots like more than one type of atm) turn round, anyone too close to you, tell em to back the fuck off, mean it, be threatening. Oh wait no that requires self confidence, computers can't teach you self confidence, so that probably would not work for you slashbots.