The use of thermal scanning technology to see previously entered passwords can be said to be a mere Hollywood fairy tale. Now, with the development of the latest technology and artificial intelligence, a group of researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed a thermal scanning camera called ThermoSecure.
With this surface scan, the built-in intelligence system will guess which surface was touched first, which can be used for purposes such as guessing what passwords are entered to access various types of locations.
The advantages of this ThermoSecure camera can be seen in terms of its ability to scan thermal images from various types of surfaces, including plastic, glass and so on, and the accuracy of password guesses by its artificial intelligence system depends on the length of the password used, and how fast the scan is performed by this camera. after the password is entered.
The ThermoSecure system uses a combination of temperature cameras that can be purchased anywhere at a low price, and combined with Mask RCNN object tracking technology. It will then use this heat mapping and test a number of passwords based on the temperature of the keys or surface taken.
The accuracy of ThermoSecure guesses depends on several aspects, including the time after the password was entered, the surface used to enter the password and also the length of the password used.