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Sources:
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ject-abacus-trust-api-passwords-a7047651.html
- http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/go...word-free-logins-to-android-apps-by-year-end/
- http://www.cnet.com/news/google-project-abacus-2016-atap-password/
- http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/15/googles-creepy-plan-to-kill-the-password/
We recently talked about Google's patent concerning biometric indicators, and we already know companies like Facebook are engaging your mobile microphone and listening to what you have to say to further target ads. Apple is constantly tracking your latitude, longitude, and altitude and time of day to determine where your home is, your work is, etc. Of course there's much more that's being tracked, but lets get to today's news.
Google unveiled Project Abacus at their I/O Developer Conference. Part of Project Abacus is the Trust API.
Instead of asking you to simply enter your unique and confidential password, they will use all of this meta-data they've been collecting on your behavior and appearance to build a Trust metric for you by analyzing:
Banks are going to begin testing this new feature next month and it will be available to all Android dev's by the end of the year.
Continuing to give up our privacy for convenience. Pretty incredible situation.
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ject-abacus-trust-api-passwords-a7047651.html
- http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/go...word-free-logins-to-android-apps-by-year-end/
- http://www.cnet.com/news/google-project-abacus-2016-atap-password/
- http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/15/googles-creepy-plan-to-kill-the-password/
We recently talked about Google's patent concerning biometric indicators, and we already know companies like Facebook are engaging your mobile microphone and listening to what you have to say to further target ads. Apple is constantly tracking your latitude, longitude, and altitude and time of day to determine where your home is, your work is, etc. Of course there's much more that's being tracked, but lets get to today's news.
Google unveiled Project Abacus at their I/O Developer Conference. Part of Project Abacus is the Trust API.
Instead of asking you to simply enter your unique and confidential password, they will use all of this meta-data they've been collecting on your behavior and appearance to build a Trust metric for you by analyzing:
- your facial features
- your voice
- how you type
- how you swipe
- how you move
- where you move to
- your current location compared to previous locations
Banks are going to begin testing this new feature next month and it will be available to all Android dev's by the end of the year.
Continuing to give up our privacy for convenience. Pretty incredible situation.