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Beware of those imprints Trojans and viruses may be soon a security threat of pasts. The smudges, mostly due to the oily residue left behind by fingers on your touchscreen mobile device may help an attacker deduce your password according to a study  by the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers studied two different Android smartphones, the HTC G1 and the HTC Nexus1, evaluating different [...]