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Shoulder surfing

Summary

Shoulder surfing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Shoulder surfing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b9z6c[2].
  • Shoulder surfing's facet of is recorded as social engineering[3].
  • Shoulder surfing's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 184956938[4].
  • Shoulder surfing's FOLDOC ID is recorded as shoulder+surfing[5].

Why It Matters

Shoulder surfing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shoulder surfing. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shoulder-surfing
MLA “Shoulder surfing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shoulder-surfing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shoulder-surfing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shoulder surfing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shoulder-surfing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Shoulder surfing — https://4ort.xyz/entity/shoulder-surfing (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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