Entering Passwords Through Eye Movement

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.'"

Comments

My luggage....

[Deltaspectre]

Only password I'll use from now on is

up up down down left right left right wink blink

as opposed to what?

[clarkn0va]

more than 80 percent of those tested preferred the EyePassword method

...over the "PeeingOnALargeKeyboard" method.

db

Re:Hmm

[derfy]

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

An idea

[g1zmo]

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

How would I

[RandySC]

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!

Re:Hmm

[Konerak]

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 :)

Locked accounts at a model convention

[cheros]

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