Identify and Verify Users Based on How They Type

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday April 4, 2008 @05:51AM from the is-anyone-that-consistant dept.

LinucksGirl writes to share an IBM DeveloperWorks article that shows how to support user verification through keystroke-dynamics processing by modifying the GNOME Display Manager (GDM). You can create and store a one-way encrypted hash of your keystroke patterns when entering your user name. The article shows how to add code to GDM to read current keystroke patterns and permit a user to log in when the characteristics are a match. An interesting idea to be sure but I know I certainly am not that consistent when I type, so I'm skeptical of how well this may work.

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Re:Obvious issue by baudilus · 2008-04-04 06:05 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd be much happier if Blackberries had Breathalyzers before they allow people to email me at 2 AM. Good grief!
It'll never work by amplt1337 · 2008-04-04 06:14 · Score: 4, Funny

How on God's green earth am I going to write down my keystroke patterns on a sticky note on my monitor???

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