Handwriting Recognition For Password Authentication

Pretty neat – allowing a user to recognize their own handwriting to authentication themselves.

On the contrary Dynahand needs no extra hardware or memory. You simply need to submit a variety of handwriting samples to open a Dynahand account. And to log on you need to select your own handwriting from the list displayed.

Of course there are many problems with this – family, friends, and eve ex-boyfriends will probably know what you’re handwriting looks like. You could however write in a certain way that you’re sure to recognize – maybe dot your “i“s a bit to the left or something like that. It takes time to set up though, and is best as a goodie to protect items that are likely to get in the hands of strangers – PDAs and laptops for example.

[via Slashdot ]