WAG: Wearable Authentication Group @ UC Berkeley
How would we authenticate to our wearable devices, without keyboards and touchscreens? How can wearable computing improve the usability and security of our authentication experience? We investigate the use of bio-sensors for wearable authentication. Our first major result demonstrates the feasibility of brainwave-based authentication using consumer-grade EEG sensors. This passthoughts approach provides a number of security and usability benefits over traditional passwords or biometrics, including one-step two-factor authentication, high recall rates, the ability to change authenticators, and robustness against shoulder-surfing and smudge attacks.
