[Cryptography] More speculation on cryptographic breakthroughs.

[Jeff Burdges]

On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 17:04 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> http://www.computerworld.com/article/3058020/security/hackers-only-need-your-phone-number-to-eavesdrop-on-calls-read-texts-track-you.html
...
> The "major crypto breakthrough" that we keep hearing about, may
> be just a giant database of audio recordings of people typing
> passwords.  Everybody's passwords.  From terrorists to truckers
> and from robbers to ranchers. It would explain most of the
> claimed effects.

Is this an endorsement of those Android pattern swiping screens?  ;)



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