[FDE] Going Beyond Biometrics - Behavioral Metrics

[catchall at princesshouse.co.uk]

Behavioral Biometrics sounds like a bit of a shaky affair to me. Not
only would authentication take quite a while...[after all how much
behavioral safety can there be in 30seconds of typing?] but what
happens if you have bad flu, or loose a finger and your behaviors are
all put out.


---- Original Message ----
From: scott at u.washington.edu
To: fde at www.xml-dev.com
Subject: RE: [FDE] Going Beyond Biometrics - Behavioral Metrics
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 23:39:44 -0800 (PST)

>With the increase concern on data access and data protection,
>highlighted 
>by identity thefts and data break-ins or corporation and personal 
>computer, there is a renaissance in the research of identification
>systems 
>that are reliable and tamper-proof. The good old username and
>password has 
>been the granddaddy of identification in the computer age. Recently
>the 
>focus has been shifted to biometrics. However, the biometric 
>identification that most people are familiar with revolves around 
>fingerprint, retinal/iris, or voice recognition. Well, biometrics is 
>deeper than that. It deals with such basic aspects of human
>behavioral 
>distinctions such as your keyboard clicking rhythm, your writing
>style, 
>and your hand script patterns. So, even if you have multiple alias
>and/or 
>anonymous accounts on the Internet, the way you do things on-line may
>
>still reveal your true identity. Read full article on this research
>here 
>(http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070113/bob9.asp).
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