Typing Patterns for Authentication 259
Kelson writes "NPR's Marketplace is reporting on a new authentication scheme. BioPassword tracks the way you type your password: how long each key is depressed, the time between keystrokes, and overall speed. When someone tries to log into your account, it compares the pattern to what it has on file. It only allows you in if both the password and patterns match. The technique has been around a while. World War II Morse code operators used it to determine whether a message was sent by an ally or an impostor."
No Drunk Internets :( (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Reminds me of a story... (Score:5, Funny)
Long penis.
Re:Bad Idea (Score:5, Funny)
One day the letter arrives. It is in Blue ink. it raves about the luxury goods, and the stores of plenty. In fact says the writer, the only thing in short supply seems to be red ink.
The modern version would have the comrade unable to log in because all the keyboards were dvorak.
The obvious solution (Score:2, Funny)
back then (Score:3, Funny)
It was all netware back then....
Re:Fist (Score:5, Funny)
Man, I don't know about those circumstances, but I would welcome an online financial transaction system that's good enough to recognize whether or not I'm drunkenly typing in my credit card number after a night on the town. The combination of woot.com and a few too many beers has on more than one occasion proved fatal to both my self-respect and my checking account...as if two Roombas isn't enough as it is!
Re:Fist (Score:4, Funny)
Sharing Secrets (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, not only that, but imagine when you've forgotten something important and you call home to talk to your spouse to get it.
Re:Fist (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad Idea (Score:5, Funny)
+1 Clippy of awareness (Score:5, Funny)
while you were drunk, I intercepted the email you wrote to
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Re:Sharing Secrets (Score:3, Funny)
* No, I'm not speaking from experience.
Re:Fist (Score:5, Funny)
It won't be long before online fraudsters learn to copy users "fists."
Yes, I predict the internet will be awash in "fisting" websites within the fortnight.
-Isaac
Re:Fist (Score:4, Funny)
A few days later, a Palm Tungsten arrived at my place of work; and when my bank statement arrived, that turned out to have been the only purchase I had made during those lost hours. It could have been worse. A lot worse, judging by my the sites in my browser history!
Lesson: Don't order stuff online while pissed and/or stoned.
Ally, impostor... (Score:3, Funny)
"whether a message was sent by an ally or an impostor..."
...or a cat [bitboost.com].
--Rob
What happens when I get drunk? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Fist (Score:2, Funny)