The Latest Tool in Mobile Security: Your Identifiable Gestures
As it turns out, not all smartphone users are made alike. researchers can detect and identify users simply comparing gestures and usage of each individual. The findings are based on a study by cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Called LatentGesture, it’s capable of an accuracy 98% of the time on smartphones.
Polo Chau, Georgia Tech College of Computing Assistant Professor, said that ” The system learns a person’s ‘touch signature,’ then constantly compares it to how the current user is interacting with the device.”
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