User-generated free-form gestures for authentication: security and memorability
A collaborative effort between Arttu Modig and Teemu Roos of HIIT, Antti Oulasvirta of MPI (soon to join Aalto University), and researchers at Rutgers University, USA, shows that it is possible to develop gestures that have a certain level of variability, or surprise, while being repeatable. This result suggests that free-form gestures can be used as a robust method for mobile authentication, paving way for next generation mobile authentication solutions, such as smartphone lock screens.
M. Sherman, G. Clark, Y. Yang, S. Sugrim, A. Modig, J. Lindqvist, A. Oulasvirta, and T. Roos, (2014). User-generated free-form gestures for authentication: security and memorability, in Proc. 12th International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys-2014).
Additional information:
- Department of Computer Science: Free-Form Gestures for Mobile Authentication
- Daily Mail: Free-form gestures may replace PINs and grids on phones
- Blog
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