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Shape gestures to secure phone passwords better
Shape Gestures To Secure Phone Passwords Better. You may soon be creating your own shapes, which are difficult to imitate, as your unique passwords, researchers said.
New York : What if you can unlock your smartphone or iPad with free-form gestures - sweeping fingers in shapes across the screen - to avoid "shoulder surfers"?
You may soon be creating your own shapes, which are difficult to imitate, as your unique passwords, researchers said.
"'Shoulder surfers', who spy on users to gain unauthorised access, may be anywhere. As more people use smartphones or tablets to pay bills, make purchases, store personal information and even control access to their houses, the need for robust password security has become more critical than ever," said Janne Lindqvist, an assistant professor at Rutgers University in the US.
"With our technology, you can create any shape, using any number of fingers, and in any size or location on the screen," Lindqvist added.
To test the potential of this security protection option, the researchers applied a generate-test-retest paradigm where 63 participants were asked to create a gesture, recall it, and recall it again 10 days later.
The gestures were captured on a recogniser system designed by the team.
