octalfudge@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAndroid malware steals user credentials using optical character recognitionarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down16cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkAndroid malware steals user credentials using optical character recognitionarstechnica.comoctalfudge@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIf the password is being manually typed by the user, you could still theoretically use OCR against the keyboard inputs updating as the user taps each key, since most keyboards will highlight the selected key in some way.
minus-squareokbuddyretard@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year ago@Chozo That’s exactly why we should pick our mobile keyboards wisely lmao. Also regarding that, there are alot of open-source keyboards on F-Droid.
If the password is being manually typed by the user, you could still theoretically use OCR against the keyboard inputs updating as the user taps each key, since most keyboards will highlight the selected key in some way.
@Chozo That’s exactly why we should pick our mobile keyboards wisely lmao. Also regarding that, there are alot of open-source keyboards on F-Droid.