Are You Who You Say You Are? Delfigo Security Can Tell From Your Typing
Summary
The idea that a computer authentication system might be watching not just for the content of your username and password, but to the way you type them—that is, the exact amount of time your fingers linger on each key, measured to the millisecond—may sound a little spooky. The company says its biometric verification and fraud detection technology could transform the way large organizations manage computer access, perhaps permanently eliminating such awkward contrivances as the one-time password tokens that many corporate employees must carry everywhere in their pockets or on their keychains. He says he’s been developing the company’s proprietary keystroke measurement technology for several years, putting on the finishing touches while working as a research fellow at the MIT Media Lab under renowned artificial-intelligence expert Marvin Minsky. When you hit the return key or the login button, the timing information is first transmitted to Delfigo’s servers via HTTP, the standard Web data transfer protocol. If the confidence score crosses the threshold set by the organization, Delfigo … Next Page » Wade Roush is a freelance science and technology journalist and the producer and host of the podcast Soonish.
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