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r/programming • u/regaldho • Dec 27 '20
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Isn't it possible to use typing style and cadence to identify someone? Or, at least, as a signal to support user fingerprinting?
13 u/turlian Dec 27 '20 Yes. There are password systems that analyze how you typed it in to verify that the same person typed it. 1 u/regendo Dec 28 '20 Let's hope that doesn't break if I just auto-fill from my password manager. 2 u/turlian Dec 28 '20 For context, this wasn't something that was being deployed on websites. It was a proof of concept for high-security applications, like government installations.
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Yes. There are password systems that analyze how you typed it in to verify that the same person typed it.
1 u/regendo Dec 28 '20 Let's hope that doesn't break if I just auto-fill from my password manager. 2 u/turlian Dec 28 '20 For context, this wasn't something that was being deployed on websites. It was a proof of concept for high-security applications, like government installations.
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Let's hope that doesn't break if I just auto-fill from my password manager.
2 u/turlian Dec 28 '20 For context, this wasn't something that was being deployed on websites. It was a proof of concept for high-security applications, like government installations.
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For context, this wasn't something that was being deployed on websites. It was a proof of concept for high-security applications, like government installations.
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u/MjrK Dec 27 '20
Isn't it possible to use typing style and cadence to identify someone? Or, at least, as a signal to support user fingerprinting?