Computing Community Consortium Blog

The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.


Archive for December 27th, 2011

 

“The Unique You to Build a Better Password”

December 27th, 2011 / in research horizons, Research News / by Erwin Gianchandani

The New York Times published a two items last Friday about computer security research efforts to supplement, and perhaps one day eliminate, passwords. From the print edition: Passwords are a pain to remember. What if a quick wiggle of five fingers on a screen could log you in instead? Or speaking a simple phrase?   Neither idea is far-fetched. Computer scientists in Brooklyn are training their iPads to recognize their owners by the touch of their fingers as they make a caressing gesture. Banks are already using software that recognizes your voice, supplementing the standard PIN.   And after years of predicting its demise, security researchers are renewing their efforts to supplement and perhaps one day obliterate […]