ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) is Google’s top-secret lab for incubating futuristic ideas. It is run by Regina Dugan, former DARPA director. Dieter Bohn writing for The Verge:
Dugan tells me that ATAP is working on a new kind of way to think about computer security, a “multimodal continuum of trust.” First, ATAP sees a science opportunity: multi-signal biometric identification is advanced enough that mobile devices can take advantage of the technology. Imagine a device reading and identifying your fingerprint, walking gait, the cadence of your voice, and the staccato rhythm of how you type. Then, ATAP pairs that science with a product opportunity: rethinking security in a way that isn’t simply 1 or 0, but a spectrum. I might want my browser to require a lower security threshold — my typing style — but I’d want a much higher threshold for my banking data. By combining multiple security signals with a continuum of security levels, logging into my devices could become secure without me having to ever punch in a passcode.
Frederic Lardinois writing for TechCrunch:
To improve this, Google partnered with numerous universities and invited 25 experts from 16 institutions to Google to participate in an intensive 90-day research sprint. The team took data from 1,500 donors and got to the point where the new system is now 10x more secure than fingerprint systems.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
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