English Explanatory Dictionary

smudge attack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method used to crack the password of a touchscreen device by analysing the oily smears left on the device's screen by the user's fingers.

Pronunciation

/smʌdʒ əˈtæk/ en-au-smudge attack.ogg

Word forms

smudge attack smudge attacks

Etymology

smudge + attack; coined in 2010 by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Computer and Information Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: see the quotation.

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