lswcapIndividual handwriting is as special as fingerprints. The handwriting is different for each person and contains a lot of information such as habits and personality, so it is also used in crime analysis. In the digital age, can we use handwriting to distinguish human characteristics?
Typing Biomatrix is a new type of authentication method that identifies a person with timing information about exactly when a key on the keyboard is pressed and released. Researched 20 years ago, this technique is also called keystroke dynamics.
Typing Biomatrix stores timing information by dividing the time the keyboard is pressed into the dwell time and the time the keyboard is pressed again by the flight time. Each person has a unique typing rhythm, and it can be used for identification and authentication by using it like a digital fingerprint.
Recently, the Romanian startup Typing DNA with the technology raised a $7 million Series A investment from Google. This investment was led by Gradion Ventures, a Google venture group that focuses on AI, and Techstars Ventures GapMiner Venture Partners participated. Typing DNA, who moved from Romania to Brooklyn, New York in 2018, has raised 1.3 million euros as a seed investment after completing the Techstars NYC program.
The Chrome extension, released by Typing DNA, recognizes the user as the user’s typing pattern without additional authentication, such as a phone, as long as the login name and password are required. Since the user has to type the additional sentence presented, authentication is not performed if the user’s typing style is different even if the name and password are correct. This allows users to further strengthen personal account security. Facebook and Amazon are providing features that allow users to quickly and easily enhance security through authenticated apps such as Typing DNA instead of receiving a verification number by text to strengthen personal account security.
Typing DNA is used in identity-related applications such as banks, financial payment apps, online education platforms, corporate apps, and government apps to prevent fraud. In educational institutions, it can be used to prevent student plagiarism through recognition of typing patterns. Currently, typing DNA services are used by over 1,000 companies, including Amazon, Evernote, Slack, Dropbox, GitHub, and Facebook. Raul Popa, the representative of typing DNA, has about 99% of the typing pattern recognition technology studied for 20 years. It claims to have an accuracy of 99.9%.
Last year, European banking authorities officially approved Typing Biotrix as an authentication method. An authentication method that adopts a typing pattern such as biometric recognition, such as fingerprint and voice recognition. With the approval of European banks, companies with behavioral biometric recognition technologies such as Keystroke DNA and ID Behabiosec in addition to typing DNA are expected to grow.
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