NYU Tandon’s IllusionPIN Combats Shoulder-Surfing

Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering recently developed a new technology that combats shoulder-surfing, a spying technique in which personal information such as PINs, passwords and other personal data are obtained by looking over someone’s shoulder or standing next to them. … The project was headed by Tandon professor Nasir Memon, with help from doctoral candidates Toan Nguyen, Emre Durmas and Athanasios Papadopoulos, all members of the NYU Center for Cybersecurity.