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May 1, 2014 10:55 pm GMT
Original Link: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527031/now-your-phones-tilt-sensor-can-identify-you/
Now Your Phones Tilt Sensor Can Identify You
Tiny hardware imperfections in smartphone and tablet accelerometers lead to unique fingerprints within the data they produce, researchers find.
The sensor that lets your phone know which way the screen is oriented alsothanks to minute manufacturing variationsemits a unique data fingerprint that could allow your phone to be tracked, even if all other privacy settings are locked down, researchers say.
Original Link: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527031/now-your-phones-tilt-sensor-can-identify-you/
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