Google is planning to introduce a new way of logging this year for Android phones. The company wants to develop a system that is no longer dependent on a password, but a combination of signals, such patterns as you type, your current location, the way of moving and much more. This system discussed at the end of the year are available for Android developers, assuming all goes well during testing.
This new method of authentication was last Friday at the developer conference Google I / O by Daniel Kaufman, the head of Google’s research unit aTAP (Advanced Technology & amp; Projects). Google’s plan, also known as Abacus Project, has already introduced last year and has been further developed in the recent period. With Project Abacus need users to unlock or log devices in applications based on a cumulative Trust Score. This score of confidence is calculated using a variety of factors such as the way a user types, your current location, voice and face recognition and other items of identification.
Google introduced Android 5.0 Lollipop and newer though similar technology called Smart Lock. This technique makes it possible to automatically unlock your device when you are in a trusted location, when a trusted Bluetooth device is connected or when the device has recognized your face. Abacus project however does things a little differently. The service runs namely constantly in the background of a device to collect data on user behavior.
The Trust Score indicates how much trust the system that the correct user with self-device access. If the score is not high enough, apps can decide to ask yet for the password. There may also be used different scores, so the app from a bank might require a higher trust score than a mobile game.
The system will be tested for some time by 33 universities in the United States and in the next test phase, Google also wants to involve the financial world at Abacus Project. It is still unclear whether the system also depends on certain hardware
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