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Shake Well Before Use: Intuitive and Secure Pairing of Mobile Devices. / Mayrhofer, Rene; Gellersen, Hans.
In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 8, No. 6, 2009, p. 792-806.

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Mayrhofer, R & Gellersen, H 2009, 'Shake Well Before Use: Intuitive and Secure Pairing of Mobile Devices', IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2009.51

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Mayrhofer R, Gellersen H. Shake Well Before Use: Intuitive and Secure Pairing of Mobile Devices. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 2009;8(6):792-806. doi: 10.1109/TMC.2009.51

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Mayrhofer, Rene ; Gellersen, Hans. / Shake Well Before Use: Intuitive and Secure Pairing of Mobile Devices. In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 2009 ; Vol. 8, No. 6. pp. 792-806.

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