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Tracking Pedophiles By Their Typing Habits

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Pedophiles using the internet to target youngsters could be tracked down — by the way they use a keyboard. Researchers are investigating ways to use technology which can determine a typist's age, sex and culture within ten keystrokes by monitoring their speed and rhythm." Since Phrenology hasn't exactly panned out, they gotta try something new.

2 of 292 comments (clear)

  1. Daily Mail = Daily Fail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    When will Slashdot learn?

    Daily Mail is sensationalist bullshit from the UK.

  2. Re:Can't anyone use the English language correctly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pedophiles are rapists, but not all rapists are pedophiles

    A rapist is someone who rapes (duh).
    A pedophile is someone who wants to fuck children.

    However, until the pedophile actually fucks a kid, is not a rapist.

    If I want to implant an axe in the head of my neighbor, I am not a murderer until I actually do so.