Hello, I recently went to take out some books at the library
and was surprised to see that in order to issue them, a user must input their
password on a large touchscreen in full view of other people and security
cameras etc (the screen being placed too high to shield onlookers using your
body). I appreciate that for students this might not be a great issue but for
staff it's akin to entering a PIN code at an ATM by using semaphore. Quite
surprised that a university which runs a computer security and forensics degree
programme (on which I am enrolled) that nobody has queried this. Just a
thought.
Thank you for raising your concerns. This concern has been
voiced before and I respect the conscientiousness of the students making these
observations. This was tested before the kiosks were installed. The screens
have been in operation in 4 Campuses for over 3 years, no PIN numbers have
been copied after watching someone input their PIN. Although the hand movements
are clearly visible correlating the movement to a letter or digit is nearly
impossible when standing immediately behind someone. Its harder the further
away they are standing. None of the CCTV cameras point at those screens (even
if they did the film can only be accessed with a crime reference number). I am
reassured that the screens do not present a security risk.
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