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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.

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  1. oh no by genican1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    i hope they don't mistakenly target me in my rush to type fast and make this the first post!

    1. Re:oh no by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

      They just might; after all, you seem to be excessively aroused by underage articles.

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    2. Re:oh no by thedonger · · Score: 5, Funny

      WHAT DOES MY TYPING SPEED HAVE TO DO WITH WHO I WANT TO FUCK?

      Clearly you are trying to communicate with an audience unfamiliar with lower case letters. My guess? Young boys. You sicken me.

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    3. Re:oh no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's very sad for her, but unless our 17 year old Ashleigh still had to enter puberty, her death has very little ('nothing' to be precise) to do with pedophilia.

  2. actually it will work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    they're hunt-and-peckers.

  3. Left mousing? by ThisIsAnonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looking for "left mousing" would be more accurate...

  4. I know why! by B5_geek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that because they are all typing one-handed? =)

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

    When will Slashdot learn?

    Daily Mail is sensationalist bullshit from the UK.

  6. Correlation, implication, causation etc. by Rah'Dick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They say they can identify a single person by a typing profile that they've previously generated, but you certainly cannot deduct from a typing profile that any given person is a pedophile! I agree with the author's comment.

    [rant]On a side note, TFA has pictures of a murderer and a 17 y/o girl next to each other. I refuse to call someone a "pedophile" who is attracted to 17-year-old girls, because becoming an adult is not a matter of some age number increasing by one digit. 17-year-olds are certainly not KIDS! I'm sick of the misuse of the word "pedophile". What they actually mean is "ephebophile", but since that one is - to some degree - accepted by society, they cannot polarize people enough to enact more stupid laws. [/rant]

  7. 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.