Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap

Discussion in 'mobile device security' started by hawki, Aug 14, 2018.

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  1. hawki

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    "The way you press, scroll and type on a phone screen or keyboard can be as unique as your fingerprints or facial features. To fight fraud, a growing number of banks and merchants are tracking visitors’ physical movements as they use websites and apps....

    Some use the technology only to weed out automated attacks and suspicious transactions, but others are going significantly further, amassing tens of millions of profiles that can identify customers by how they touch, hold and tap their devices...

    Using sensors in your phone or code on websites, companies can gather thousands of data points, known as “behavioral biometrics,” to help prove whether a digital user is actually the person she claims to be..."

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/behavioral-biometrics-banks-security.html
     
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