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Researchers Develop "Narrative Authentication" System

Posted by samzenpus on from the tell-me-about-yourself dept.

hypnosec writes "Researchers have developed a 'narrative authentication' system that could put an end to the need of remembering complex passwords to logging onto computer systems. The new system has been developed by Carson Brown and his colleagues over at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The main idea behind the system is to log a user's activities on the system or any other device that he/she may be using and then ask questions about them when they login next time. Users can interact with the logging software and add their own events in the real world like wedding dates, holidays, travel dates, etc."

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  1. B.S. For funding by Great+Big+Bird · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like useless bullshit produced to get funding dollars.

    1. Re: B.S. For funding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Cynic. How can you not believe in something that tracks your computer use and then lets you add commonly known dates as additional verification? There's no way a co worker will ever be able to log into your account at work, or a family member at home.

      BTW, who wants to play 20 questions when logging in and what company gets to own the data about your computer use?

  2. No, thank you. by Parsiuk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sick of "intelligent" systems which are making my life more and more complicated.

  3. Gosh... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An authentication system that combines the fun of 'intelligent' phone-tree voice recognition 'expert' systems with the assumption that biographical trivia are anything other than hilariously public.... Where do I sign up?

  4. XKCD FTW by Gothmolly · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll just leave this right here

    https://xkcd.com/936/

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    1. Re:XKCD FTW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Ah, the correct battery staple horse. No, wait, that's wrong. It must be horse battery staple correct. Or was it battery staple horse correct?

  5. Retarded by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Last time I forgot a gmail password it did this. Something like the last 3 people I'd emailed, and the last three I'd received emails from and some other tripe. I don't mean the magic "first pet dog's name" question or anything like that.

    I remembered my password before I even got close to figuring any of that shit out.

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  6. Sounds like a plan! by RenHoek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, because a site breach wasn't annoying enough yet when they take all of the passwords. Let's give them more information which to do spearphising with.