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Verifying a User By Following the Movements of Their Mouse

Posted by samzenpus on from the tracking-the-pad dept.

Harperdog writes "Tom Jacobs has a very cool little story about an Israeli research team introducing a novel way of verifying a computer is being operated by its rightful user. Its method, described in the journal Information Sciences, 'continuously verifies users according to characteristics of their interaction with the mouse.'"

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  1. Re:Index/Evidence by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Unreliable" is a dirty word in data mining. You mod yourself down this instant!

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  2. Re:And then get locked out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it detects you're excited, it logs you in, but defaults the browser to private mode.