Scientists have proposed to identify users by keyboard handwriting

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Startup TypingDNA has launched a free extension for the Google Chrome browser, which, instead of two-factor authentication when entering the site, allows you to use identification by keyboard handwriting. Writes about this TechCrunch.

Handwriting detection is a behavioral biometric audit technique that analyzes the individual user's typing habits. Chief among them are the speed of entering characters and the time of holding the keys. Previously, TypingDNA released an API for embedding this verification method into a website, and with a new extension for the Google Chrome browser, users will be able to access many services, such as Amazon Web Services, Coinbase, Facebook and Gmail.

The extension replaces the second stage of two-factor authentication - confirmation using a code on a smartphone, so it helps to get to the site faster. The extension displays a one-time access code directly on the computer screen, and then automatically analyzes the user's keyboard handwriting at the time when he enters his username and password.

The program works with 99% accuracy if the user types on the same keyboard. Now scientists are working to increase it to 99.9%.

Recently, researchers from the University of Florida and Bloomberg have suggested using a regular object as an access key - for example, a bracelet, a water bottle, or a pack of cigarettes.