Using a Guitar Hero Type Video Game as an Authentication Method
Filed under: Authentication Security, Authentication Trends, General Information, IT Security, password management, password security, PortalGuard
I recently found this article which was truly fascinating. Recent researchers used a video game, similar to Guitar Hero, to have subjects memorize a sequence which would then be later used to authenticate them. The system was designed by students at Stanford University as well as a slough of scientists from Northeastern University as well. The claim is that this is “thousands/millions of times more secure than your average, memorable password”…Read More…
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