Georgia Tech Researchers Want to Kill the Smartphone Passcode with “Touch Signature”

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A team of Georgia Tech researchers have developed a security system — dubbed LatentGesture — that monitors how a user taps and swipes a mobile device. If the movements don’t match the owner’s unique touch signature, the system recognizes the differences and can be programmed to lock the device.

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High Performance Computing (HPC)

Categories
Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Digital Media and Entertainment
Keywords
cyber security, Institute for Data & High Performance Computing, latent gesture, latentgesture, passwords, Polo Chau, smartphones
Status
  • Created By: Josie Giles
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 11, 2014 - 9:24am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:27pm