by Jacob O. Wobbrock 
The UIST about TapSongs describes a method by which users can login into devices that have limited input via a tap melody being correctly entered. This is accomplished by a user creating a TapSong based on a melody and entering it 5 to 15 times in order to form a reconizable pattern that is more specific to that user. However this was said not to be a requirement and one way mentioned was to have preset jingles/songs that a user selected for their TapSong and then over time the device would build a more taylored TapSong for that user. This method of logging in is reported to be reliable due to the diffuculty there is in evesdropping on a users TapSong and then being able to reporduce it in an attempt to login.
This paper is intersting because it is offerring a way to secure devices that don't have keyboard access or microphone for voice recognition. It is also very interesting because as it points out in the paper a user is not required to look at the device in order to enter the password while also keeping the inputs at only one. One are I could see this being used in is in intelligince where it is possible that a user may need a device that can handle multiple different things and yet can not contain anything extra for space. With this software a user could initiate different comands by merely tapping out the correct song/jingle for it. I would say one of the faults I see in this work is that those like me that can not keep a rythm to save their life will most likely always have issues with this software and those who are musicaly talented and can pick up a rythm just by watching will become very adept at logging into others devices.
The UIST about TapSongs describes a method by which users can login into devices that have limited input via a tap melody being correctly entered. This is accomplished by a user creating a TapSong based on a melody and entering it 5 to 15 times in order to form a reconizable pattern that is more specific to that user. However this was said not to be a requirement and one way mentioned was to have preset jingles/songs that a user selected for their TapSong and then over time the device would build a more taylored TapSong for that user. This method of logging in is reported to be reliable due to the diffuculty there is in evesdropping on a users TapSong and then being able to reporduce it in an attempt to login.
This paper is intersting because it is offerring a way to secure devices that don't have keyboard access or microphone for voice recognition. It is also very interesting because as it points out in the paper a user is not required to look at the device in order to enter the password while also keeping the inputs at only one. One are I could see this being used in is in intelligince where it is possible that a user may need a device that can handle multiple different things and yet can not contain anything extra for space. With this software a user could initiate different comands by merely tapping out the correct song/jingle for it. I would say one of the faults I see in this work is that those like me that can not keep a rythm to save their life will most likely always have issues with this software and those who are musicaly talented and can pick up a rythm just by watching will become very adept at logging into others devices.
I was wondering how accurate you had to be to actually login. I mean you would think that a person who knew the exact rhythm and had listened to it could reproduce it easily, but they say that it was impossible.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't say it was impossible just hard to do. From my understanding you have to follow the rhythm but not neccasirly the exact same speed
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