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Smart Phones Could Know Their Users By How They Walk
mirgens writes "Technology Review has a short article on new work on gait analysis with the accelerometers built into many smart phones. The work was done at the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory ('Nislab'). The need for more security on mobile devices is increasing with new functionalities and features made available. To improve device security, Nislab proposed gait recognition as a protection mechanism — in other words, if somebody else walks away with your phone, it locks up. While previous work on gait recognition used video sources, for instance to identify people in airports or secure buildings, the Nislab researchers collected the gait data using a Google G1 phone containing the AK8976A embedded accelerometer." What if you're running from a mugger and want to dial 911?
I've always wanted a phone that won't work if I am [...] riding a bicycle
Bad example. Riding a bike while talking on the phone is like riding a bike with 0.08% ethyl alcohol in your blood.
If passwords are as unique as walks, this could be used to violate privacy!!
Don't quote me on this.
You mean, like OnStar?
Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8As1zshWxn0 :D
Chill the fuck out. I read your entire comment.
My point was, why should your phone do something that your car should do (or already does do)?