PINs and passwords can be stolen just by watching the way a phone tilts, scientists find

People's passwords could be exposed with just a tilt of their phone, according to a new study. Research from Newcastle University shows that PINs and passwords can be found just by watching how a phone moves when it is being held. And they warn that same information could be used by malicious websites and apps, to gain access to the most personal parts of people's lives. In the study, researchers were able to guess a password just by watching the movement of a device. They had 70 per cent accuracy on the first guess, and 100 per cent by the fifth.