The NSA wants to recognize you based on how you type on your smartphone
MAXWELL TANI
BusinessInsider.com
May 26, 2015
That’s what the National Security Agency (NSA) is banking on. As Nextgov reports, the NSA recently tested swipe recognition technology from Lockheed Martin that attempts to identify smartphone users based on how they type on their phone.
John Mears, senior fellow for Lockheed IT and Security Solutions, told Nextgov that all humans have their own electronic signature. Lockheed’s digital recognition can find this signature by examining the shape of a person’s swipes and the time a user spends typing.
It is unclear how the NSA plans to use the technology, and the agency did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
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