20130117573 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING A PASSWORD - A method for verifying a password in a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises: a user input interface; a trusted hardware module having a trusted application stored therein, the trusted hardware module arranged to provide the trusted application with access to at least said user input interface; and a secure verification application for verifying the password; the method comprising: the trusted application receiving a request to obtain a user password; the trusted hardware module providing the trusted application with access to the user input interface; the user entering a password using the user input interface; the trusted application encoding the entered password; passing the encoded password to the secure transaction application; and decoding the password. | 05-09-2013 |