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shoulder surfing
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shoulder surfing
Looking over someone's shoulder to obtain passwords, PINs and other security codes being entered. Often performed with binoculars, ATMs and other data entry terminals may make it more difficult by requiring a 90 degree viewing angle to read the screen or moving the digit keys around on touch screens. See social engineering.


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The criminal will steal the pin by shoulder-surfing and then withdraw strip and the card later.
It's a sign of the times that words describing illegal activities such as keylogging, identity theft, shoulder-surfing are now included in the dictionary.
 
 
 
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