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Users Identified Through Typing, Mouse Movements

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-guy-always-whacks-his-space-bar-really-hard dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "Users can be identified with a half percent margin of error based on the way they type. The research work has been spun into an application that could continuously authenticate users (PDF), rather than just relying on passwords, and could lock accounts if another person jumped on the computer. Researchers are now integrating mouse movements and clicks, and mobile touch patterns into the work."

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  1. There goes the neighbourhood. by six025 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that means no more posting on Slashdot while drunk?

    Not sure If this post is funny or insightful ;-)

    1. Re:There goes the neighbourhood. by king+neckbeard · · Score: 4, Interesting

      This would probably be a far more useful application of it. Say that you have a tendency to drunkenly dial/text a certain subset of people. If your phone detects that you are drunk, it prevents you from dialing those numbers and embarrassing yourself.

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  2. tough luck when... by harvey+the+nerd · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...your hand gets caught in the car door and your cash/food/alcohol supply shuts down for 3 weeks.

  3. News.. by Nimatek · · Score: 5, Informative

    How exactly is that new? https://www.keytrac.net/ http://www.intensityanalytics.com/ http://www.idcontrol.com/keystrokeid And there is like half a dozen more.

  4. Re:Well.. by DeathToBill · · Score: 5, Funny

    You shouldn't roll your eyes if you want to remain anonymous. Research shows that eye rolling is highly individual and we can use your webcam to track your eye movements and identify you.

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  5. I've been using this for years by DeathToBill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My typing has to match a certain pattern to authenticate me.

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  6. Re:I've heard this before by jones_supa · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ha!

    And some others:

    2000: Identification By Typing
    2007: Typing Patterns for Authentication
    2008: Identify and Verify Users Based on How They Type
    2011: Verifying Passwords By the Way They're Typed
    2013: RSA: An Unusual Approach to User Authentication: Behavorial Biometrics

  7. Swedish Company by Frankie70 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This has been done by a Swedish Company - http://www.behaviosec.com/

    They have a continuous monitoring a system and also a product which can be integrated into a Web Page Post Form for a 2nd Factor of Authentication. I have played around with their Web Product - it's very good to be used as a secondary mechanism.

    They are also working with DARPA - http://www.behaviosec.com/darpa-and-behaviosec-go-beyond-passwords/

    So I am wondering if the Iowa University project is an extension on this?

    The original Behaviosec product came out of a research project in a Swedish University and the people running the company include students who did the original project.

  8. No. Been sick, been injured, not been locked out by raymorris · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you hadn't tried it, you'd think that might be a problem. In fact, it's not.

    I've been sick, I've been injured. My COO has been sick a lot. We log in to systems using Strongbox maybe four times per day.
    Four times per day times about 400 days = 1600 logins for each of us. We haven't been locked out based on keyboard and mouse yet. Looking at millions of user logins, the keyboard and mouse indicators closely track the other indicators we use. By that, I mean if the real user scores 41-52-07 and they are in the US, when see a log in attempt with a score of 24-92-18 that attempt will come from China.

  9. Re:I've heard this before by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Duplicate article detected: Slashdot editor authenticated.

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