Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Entering Passwords Through Eye Movement

Posted by Zonk on from the amaze-your-friends-scare-your-mom dept.

Stu Dennison writes "Ars Technica has a post up on a new service called EyePassword. EyePassword is a system that attempts to mitigate the issues of shoulder-surfing via a novel approach to user input: no hands required. With EyePassword, a user enters their password using an on-screen keyboard that detects the orientation of their pupils. From the article: 'The gaze-tracking system functions by shining an invisible infrared beam on a user's face. The beam produces a tiny reflection in the eyes that stays put, no matter where a person looks (provided they do not move their head too much). By tracking the stable position of this reflection and the relative position of a person's pupils, the system is able to calculate which keys or buttons a user wishes to input, and interpret the information accordingly ... more than 80 percent of those tested preferred the EyePassword method. Additionally, when testing EyePassword input using an input method where users visually "dwell" on the characters they wish to input, error rates were comparable to keyboarding.'"

11 of 73 comments (clear)

  1. My luggage.... by Deltaspectre · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only password I'll use from now on is

    up up down down left right left right wink blink

    --
    My UID is prime... is yours?
  2. as opposed to what? by clarkn0va · · Score: 5, Funny

    more than 80 percent of those tested preferred the EyePassword method
    ...over the "PeeingOnALargeKeyboard" method.

    db

    --
    I am literally 3000 tokens away from the chaotic crossbow --Stephen
  3. Re:Hmm by derfy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, just turn on StickyEyes. Blink 5 times in a row to turn it on.

  4. More eye strain typing your homework than reading by ZeroNullVoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    More eye strain typing your homework than reading the gosh darn book.
    IR, isn't that bad for your eyes?
    IR  isn't that bad for your eyes!
    IR  is         bad for your eyes.
    IR, is    that bad for your eyes?

    I have a headache....

  5. An idea by g1zmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe REM sleep could be used as a random number generator.

    --
    I have found there are just two ways to go.
    It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow.     -REK, Jr.
  6. head has to stay still? by DTemp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great! Now I won't be able to access my email when I'm drunk!

  7. How would I by RandySC · · Score: 3, Funny

    then read the PostIt note attached to my monitor with the password written on it if that action will mistype my password?

    Stuck in a loop and locked out!

    --
    Organization: alphabetical, sometimes numerical or messy
  8. Re:Hmm by Konerak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nice for people who don't know where their keys are.. every time they check, they type.

    And try looking at CTRL-ALT and DEL at the same time :)

  9. Re:Blind people are screwed I guess by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stephen Hawking: Screw them.

  10. Locked accounts at a model convention by cheros · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're easily distractable I guess it'll prove a cha - ooh, nice legs ...

    --
    Insert .sig here. Send no money now. Owner may sue, contents will settle. Batteries not included.
  11. Re:Please replace my mouse! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would you have your hands on the keyboard when you can control your web browser with your eyes?!!!

    As they say: two hands are better than one!!