An electronic wireless mobile communication device configured for preventing observation (400, 500) of password entry (402, 502) during a password entry mode executing on the electronic wireless mobile communication device, the electronic wireless device comprising: a processor; a wireless communication subsystem for exchanging radio frequency signals with a wireless network to perform communication functions; a display coupled to the processor; a memory (244, 246, 248) coupled to the processor; a camera coupled to the processor, wherein the camera includes a front facing camera; a vibrator coupled to the processor; and a security module saved in the memory, the security module for configuring the processor to: activate the front facing camera to acquire an image when the electronic wireless device is in the password entry mode, the password entry mode being configured so as to unlock the electronic wireless device; detect one or more faces in the image; present a warning, when more than one face is detected in the image, by a vibratory notification presented using the vibrator when the electronic wireless mobile communication device is in the password entry mode; and wherein the security module further configures the processor to attempt to recognize each of the one or more faces present in the image as either an authorized user of the electronic wireless device or someone else; and at least one of: disable the password entry mode when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image, present the warning when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image. a processor; a wireless communication subsystem for exchanging radio frequency signals with a wireless network to perform communication functions; a display coupled to the processor; a memory (244, 246, 248) coupled to the processor; a camera coupled to the processor, wherein the camera includes a front facing camera; a vibrator coupled to the processor; and a security module saved in the memory, the security module for configuring the processor to: activate the front facing camera to acquire an image when the electronic wireless device is in the password entry mode, the password entry mode being configured so as to unlock the electronic wireless device; detect one or more faces in the image; present a warning, when more than one face is detected in the image, by a vibratory notification presented using the vibrator when the electronic wireless mobile communication device is in the password entry mode; and activate the front facing camera to acquire an image when the electronic wireless device is in the password entry mode, the password entry mode being configured so as to unlock the electronic wireless device; detect one or more faces in the image; present a warning, when more than one face is detected in the image, by a vibratory notification presented using the vibrator when the electronic wireless mobile communication device is in the password entry mode; and wherein the security module further configures the processor to attempt to recognize each of the one or more faces present in the image as either an authorized user of the electronic wireless device or someone else; and at least one of: disable the password entry mode when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image, present the warning when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image. disable the password entry mode when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image, present the warning when any face other than a face of the authorized user of the electronic wireless device is present in the image.