DARPA Has a Simple Solution to Authentication: Reading Users' Minds - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Having contributed in large part to the Internet’s very existence, DARPA is now setting out to make its secure networks more secure. But rather than relying upon the conventional notion of a password--a complex string of letters and numerals that an individual must remember--the agency is looking to create a “cognitive fingerprint” for individuals that constantly authenticates that person for the duration of the time he or she has access to a network. DARPA’s approach relies on biometrics, but not the usual brand of biometrics we’re used to seeing, like iris or fingerprint scans. DARPA wants to employ what it calls software-based biometrics--biometrics that don’t require any extra equipment and can be deployed on any computer via a software package--to recognize individual humans. That means identifying humans not by a physical characteristic, but via a blend of mental or behavioral traits that are inherent in the way the person interacts with the terminal and the network. These things could include analysis of patterns in a person’s keystrokes, use of a computer’s built-in camera to track eye-movement patterns, semantic analysis that evaluates how a user searches and selects information (how you structure search queries, for instance, or what verbs and predicates you tend to use), the structure and syntax of a user’s sentences, the speed with which an individual tends to read content--the list goes on. The idea is that the Active Authentication program, as the initiative is known, will replace passwords with a far stronger proof of identity--the user him- or herself. This overcomes some major shortcomings of the common password, not least of which being that passwords can be stolen and used by anyone. As long as the password fits, computers generally make no distinction between individuals using it. Passwords also generally authenticate entire sessions. If users are careless and don’t log out, anyone can pick up the session where the intended user left off, gaining access to secure information. Active Authentication makes the user his or her own unique authentication key, meaning that his or her identity is verified constantly throughout the time he or she spends accessing a given network. DARPA wants to teach every computer in the DoD environment how to use this “cognitive fingerprint,” ensuring that regardless of where a user is logged in, the system knows--constantly--exactly who is who.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-01/darpa-wants-turn-people-passwords-getting-inside-your-head-determine-your-identity[/url]

female government employees get locked out during their cycle calling it

[QUOTE=scout1;34390897]female government employees get locked out during their cycle calling it[/QUOTE] I don't really think a Machine can understand how a Woman thinks.

I hope this technology becomes viable for business usage. I can already see the headline: "Chief of MPAA locked out of computer due to lack of brains."

This is less of mind reading, and more so behavioral observation. [editline]00[/editline] This is what it observes: [release] - keystrokes - eye scans - how the user searches for information (verbs and predicates used) - how the user selects information (verbs and predicates used) - how the user reads the material selected - eye tracking on the page - speed with which the individual reads the content - methods and structure of communication (exchange of email)[/release]

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34391010]This is less of mind reading, and more so behavioral observation.[/QUOTE] You take all the fun out of sensationalism

[QUOTE=GlebGuy;34390936]I don't really think a Machine can understand how a Woman thinks.[/QUOTE] Well it will be like comparing samples of hashed noise - you they don't really make any sense but you can still tell them apart.

Mind reading technology ,if it will ever be invented, will be the last nail on the coffin of privacy. Edit: Imagine logging onto the internet only through a routine mind probe and if you think about anarchy, piracy, etcetera during surfing the web you will be terminated with powerful electric shock.

[QUOTE=Falchion;34391051]Mind reading technology ,if it will ever be invented, will be the last nail on the coffin of privacy.[/QUOTE] There should be a restriction on inventing insane crap like this.

So now instead of passwords, which can be used for encryption and are very difficult to crack if used with proper timeouts, we're going to have software-based behavior analysis. And then someone NOP's a couple of instructions in the software and gets in easier than cracking a password.

[QUOTE=Falchion;34391051]Mind reading technology ,if it will ever be invented, will be the last nail on the coffin of privacy.[/QUOTE] Just walk around thinking of all the shock images you've ever seen.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34391025]You take all the fun out of sensationalism[/QUOTE] stop making misleading thread titles you idiots

Hah. I need a copy of that software.

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;34391093]stop making misleading thread titles you idiots[/QUOTE] 95% of the time, my thread titles are copied from the actual title of the news article. I rarely make my own titles.

What happens when you get drunk? :v:

[QUOTE=JWJ;34392336]What happens when you get drunk? :v:[/QUOTE] We need this system. No more PUIs! Yes!

[QUOTE=JWJ;34392336]What happens when you get drunk? :v:[/QUOTE] Your computer goes all President Madagascar on you.

More like DERPA.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34391025]You take all the fun out of sensationalism[/QUOTE]My pleasure. [QUOTE=Daniel Smith;34392784]More like DERPA.[/QUOTE] More like DUMBPOST.

[QUOTE=GlebGuy;34390936]I don't really think a Machine can understand how a Woman thinks.[/QUOTE] Especially if it's made by nerds

[QUOTE=scout1;34390897]female government employees get locked out during their cycle calling it[/QUOTE] Unless of course DARPA thinks of everything (which they kinda do) and makes it so that the system factors in "behavioural snapshots" of female employees when they're on their periods.