Chrome Extension Thwarts User Profiling Based On Typing Behavior

An anonymous reader writes: Per Thorsheim, the founder of PasswordsCon, created and trained a biometric profile of his keystroke dynamics using the Tor browser at a demo site. He then switched over to Google Chrome and not using the Tor network, and the demo site correctly identified him when logging in and completing a demo financial transaction. Infosec consultant Paul Moore came up with a working solution to thwart this type of behavioral profiling. The result is a Chrome extension called Keyboard Privacy, which prevents profiling of users by the way they type by randomizing the rate at which characters reach the DOM. A Firefox version of the plugin is in the works.

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Re:I dunno?

[martas]

this does not fingerprint the browser, it fingerprints the user. it doesn't matter if you switch browsers, or even computers, your typing patters remain the same, and potentially identifiable.