Federal law enforcement officials last May served a California residence with a warrant requiring any occupants on premises to use their fingerprints or thumbprints to open up their phone for investigators, reported Forbes on Sunday.
Researchers have spotted a clever trojan designed to take advantage of both a person's vanity and new security verification methods now being introduced.
Ministers have been banned from wearing Apple watches - and presumably any other sort of 'smart' watch or device - during Cabinet meetings in an overabundance of caution over hacking attacks.
Researchers generated 'on-body' wireless data transmissions using commodity devices sensors such as fingerprint sensors or touchpads on mobile phones and laptops.
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