Using a phone’s basic photo editing capabilities…
1 – take photo, in a dark location, with flash
2 – send
3 – tell recipient to lighten the photo
See? Black box-ish until lightened.
– recipient has texts set to display on the lock screen
– recipient is in a crowded room, people are shoulder surfing
Like the 2nd floor of a mall.
What about using using a real camera, instead of a phone?
And know how, while typing, the letters get larger?
HD video camera > zoom > record > play it back slowly > get password
Back to the wall when entering passwords, and look up first, everyone forgets to look up.
I’m waiting for the time I see a shoplifter, tap the glass, look up, photo, grin #KeriBlogMallCop
Bay & Dundas Street, Atrium Toronto
Silver thing far left is a camera.
See the dome, right door window pane. Photo taken at a stop light.
And these too.
You can’t tell by this photo, but his screen was crystal clear. I went along on his digital camera shopping trip during my Happy Meal.
Then the most Canadian thing happened.
He left his gear, and went outside to smoke, he’s the *
(although I love the Canadian-ness above, leaving your laptop unattended is a terrible idea. Even if you think you’re close enough to react in time, you’re not.)