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Are Your Future Passwords Hidden In the Jiggling of Your Eyeballs?

Are Your Future Passwords Hidden In the Jiggling of Your Eyeballs? | Science News | Scoop.it

Eye scanners have always been one of the security devices people think of when they think "high-tech" and "high security." But they're not perfect yet, some can be fooled with contacts or even pictures, but new pushes into detecting your personal eye jiggle could change that.

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Fear of job loss causes dissatisfaction and a lack of commitment at work

Fear of job loss causes dissatisfaction and a lack of commitment at work | Science News | Scoop.it

A study in Spain shows that insecurity at work is directly and negatively linked to satisfaction in work and life, as well as affecting performance and commitment. Furthermore, the research reveals that the consequences of this insecurity are different according to the occupational group they work in.

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DARPA Has a Simple Solution to Authentication: Reading Users' Minds | Popular Science

DARPA Has a Simple Solution to Authentication: Reading Users' Minds | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it

Having contributed in large part to the Internet’s very existence, DARPA is now setting out to make its secure networks more secure. But rather than relying upon the conventional notion of a password--a complex string of letters and numerals that an individual must remember--the agency is looking to create a “cognitive fingerprint” for individuals that constantly authenticates that person for the duration of the time he or she has access to a network.

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Car Talk: 'Connected' Vehicles Will Boost Road Safety

Car Talk: 'Connected' Vehicles Will Boost Road Safety | Science News | Scoop.it
LAS VEGAS — Automakers and government agencies are teaming up to lay the foundations for a future in which smart vehicles can communicate with one another to improve road safety.
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Could the U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails? : Discovery News

Could the U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails?   : Discovery News | Science News | Scoop.it
A new security research project is designed to read millions of IMs, texts and emails every day.
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Layer 8: DARPA set to develop super-secure

Layer 8: DARPA set to develop super-secure | Science News | Scoop.it
DARPA looking to develop information security technology that goes beyond password protection...
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Genetically-inspired algorithm could improve network security (Wired UK)

Genetically-inspired algorithm could improve network security (Wired UK) | Science News | Scoop.it
Computer scientists at Wake Forest University are using a genetically-inspired algorithm that proactively discovers more secure computer network configurations...
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17-year-olds’ facial recognition software signals death of passwords

17-year-olds’ facial recognition software signals death of passwords | Science News | Scoop.it
Two 17-year-olds from a Northside school in Dublin have created a new facial recognition system that website owners can deploy to allow their users to log in without having to remember passwords.
Kev Bauer's curator insight, March 21, 2013 3:52 AM

houses which only open for the occupants faces.

cars that only start for registered drivers

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Improving security in the cloud

Improving security in the cloud | Science News | Scoop.it
Less and less of today's computing is done on desktop computers; cloud computing, in which operations are carried out on a network of shared, remote servers, is expected to rise as the demand for computing power increases.
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