Spy software can see smartphone texting realtime

Just another th= reat to be wary of.

Researchers from the Universit= y of North Carolina Chapel Hill have used iSpy, the program, as proof that = keying a private email message or text message in public, whether on a near= -empty train or at the far end of a park bench away from everyone else, is = still risky business.

They successfully were able to comp= romise the privacy of users typing on virtual keyboards with iSpy. They say= iSpy can identify all the text typed on a smartphone display using video footage of the sc= reen.

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