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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2019.23.9.1152

A Proposal for Matrix Shape Security Keypad for the Nintendo Switch  

Kwon, Hyeok-dong (Department of IT Engineering, Hansung University)
Kwon, Yong-bin (Department of IT Engineering, Hansung University)
Choi, Seung-ju (Department of IT Engineering, Hansung University)
Seo, Hwa-jeong (Department of IT Engineering, Hansung University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.23, no.9, 2019 , pp. 1152-1159 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Nintendo Switch(NSW), which appeared as an 8th generation console, has succeeded worldwide as a hybrid gaming console. The NSW has E-shop itself, users can sign in to their account and purchase games. The keypad built in the NSW is similar to QWERTY keyboard. In the password input field the input information is hidden, but it's possible to get the value entered from the keypad with shoulder surfing attack. Because of the NSW with many party or family games, there is a high probability that someone else is watching the screen nearby, which acts as a vulnerability in account security. Thus we designed the new keypad which improve from this issue. In this paper, we check the problem about the keypad which built in the NSW, we present the proposed keypad and the compared to the built in keypad by showing the test result of unspecified individuals use.
Keywords
Account Security; Security Keypad; Shoulder Surfing Attack; The Nintendo Switch;
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