A method of obtaining someone's personal credit information that involves secretly watching the victim key in their Personal Identification Number (PIN) at an ATM, for example. Identity Thieves mght also shoulder surf by standing in line next to victims at the Department of Motor Vehicles, watching them fill out forms with personal information.

Refers to keeping a watch on you as you enter your personal information, such as your password or credit card number or eavesdropping on your personal conversation.

watching someone enter a password or identification number

this is when someone is looking over your shoulder when you are entering your security details to access a secure area of a site, this problem is most common where there are shared computers, such as internet cafes.

A method employed by fraudsters to obtain PIN details by standing in the vicinity of the cardholder whilst they use the ATM and covertly observing them tap in the details.

Using direct observation to obtain information. The name comes from a method of finding someone's network password by standing behind them as they login to their workstation. This is a common technique for social engineering.

Shoulder Surfing is when someone looks over a user's shoulder to gain personal information. This is one of the easiest ways of obtaining a password and can be done wherever passwords, PIN's or other ID codes are used.

Shoulder surfing is the name given to the procedure that identity thieves use to find out your PIN. They either hang around close to the ATM, or wherever you may be entering your PIN, or they can even watch from a distance, using binoculars. Once they have your PIN, you’re in trouble.

Shoulder Surfing is the act of actually looking over another person's shoulder to try to gain information. Shoulder Surfers target bank customers using ATM machines, computer users in public places, and the like.

Shoulder Surfing is a type of eavesdropping that involves the direct observation of someone's monitor displays to obtain access.

In surfing, shoulder surfing refers to shoulder hopping. Shoulder hoppers do not take off on the critical part of the wave where there is a need for a high level of skill, but take off further down the line. They are often regarded as annoying by more experienced surfers because shoulder hoppers will sometimes drop in on a surfer already riding the wave – which breaches surfing etiquette of "first on wave has right of way".

In computer security, shoulder surfing refers to using direct observation techniques, such as looking over someone's shoulder, to get information. Shoulder surfing is particularly effective in crowded places because it's relatively easy to stand next to someone and watch as they fill out a form, enter their PIN at an automated teller machine, use a calling card at a public pay phone, or enter passwords at a cybercafe, public and university libraries, or airport kiosks. Shoulder surfing can also be done at a distance with the aid of binoculars or other vision-enhancing devices.