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Google Plans To Bring Password-Free Logins To Android Apps By Year-End (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report on TechCrunch: Google's plan to eliminate passwords in favor of systems that take into account a combination of signals -- like your typing patterns, your walking patterns, your current location, and more -- will be available to Android developers by year-end, assuming all goes well in testing this year. In an under-the-radar announcement Friday afternoon at the Google I/O developer conference, the head of Google's research unit ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) Daniel Kaufman offered a brief update regarding the status of Project Abacus, the name for a system that opts for biometrics over two-factor authentication. With Project Abacus, users would unlock devices or sign into applications based on a cumulative "Trust Score." This score would be calculated using a variety of factors, including your typing patterns, current location, speed and voice patterns, facial recognition, and other things.The Trust API will be available to developers, who can then implement that into their apps. The company says that developers will have the option to adjust the threshold required for a trust score.
Good luck getting that to work when you're drunk and trying to order up an Uber.
"I need -hic- whoa I need a uber to get home"
UNAUTHORIZED USER
"No like really man, open up and order me a..."
UNAUTHORIZED USER
"Oh fu...fu... fine... hic... Oh wait"
UNAUTHORIZED USER"
"SHADDUP THAT WASN'T AN ATTEMPT"
UNAUTHORIZED USER
"wait wait... my voice is.. my passport, verify me?"
UNAUTHORIZED USER
"FUG YOU... Ima just gonna llie down on this soft concrete now..."
"Oh dude... check out this guys awesome phone, grab it!"
User accepted, have a nice day.
"sweet!"
What on Druidia is wrong with one two three four five?