02-11-2004, 06:45 PM
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PicturePassword: Picture-Based Unlocking
I talked about a similar concept a few months ago, and it's nice to see that someone has implemented a visual security system for Pocket PCs. The concept here is that instead of typing a password, one would touch a certain "spot" in a picture. The software has means to prevent guessing, as well.
Has anyone given this a spin?
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02-11-2004, 06:53 PM
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Philosopher
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Hmmmm......I'm interested. I'll be waiting to hear other people's thoughts and opinions, especially those that have used this or similar apps.
-Brian
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02-11-2004, 06:56 PM
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I've heard of a similar type of password protection (in general, not on PPC), but usually it involves a *series* of spots on a picture. Like they show a refrigerator, and you choose a series of foods.
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02-11-2004, 07:05 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2006
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- actually, I've been awaiting the WM2k3 version before I review it for my next meeting/announcement.
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02-11-2004, 07:18 PM
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Oracle
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I like the idea, but haven't heard anyone trying it as of yet...
I like the picture too...
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02-11-2004, 07:19 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2004
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looks pretty interesting to me. i might try and install it sometime this week
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02-11-2004, 07:36 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Visual Key (visKey) is the best for this. It does cost $15, but it's way more secure than one tap.
It's much safter than regular passwords,
AND it was just updated 2 days ago!
PocketGear Link.
-arebelspy
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02-11-2004, 07:38 PM
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I just installed it, and it's pretty nice. You're given several ways to unlock your device, like a backup code or hardware button sequence. But, it would be nice if there were some way of setting the sensitivity, say, in the pixel-width of the desired tap zone. Or, if you could define the zone yourself, like drawing a circle around the car's headlight to define it as the hot zone.
As it is, though, I tapped the headlight area of the photo to set the hotzone, and it looks as though that's just about the size of the area it creates.
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02-11-2004, 07:42 PM
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Um, guys, SFR did this more than 2 years ago, and very welll too:
http://www.viskey.com/viskeyce/index.html
I spent a fair bit of time beta testing for these folks, and they're a good crew. Really responsive, solid programmers. The final release product was rock solid. Unfortunately, my memory just isn't good enough nor is my need for device data security such a worry that I feel like using this. I stopped shortly after the beta sessions were over. But for anyone needing billions-to-one odds against a brute-force attack, with password-secured Activesync connections as well, this is the way to go. They supply a free PC-based image editor too, in case you can't crop whatever image you like on your PPC using PQV or Pocket Artist or whatever.
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Gerard Ivan Samija
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02-11-2004, 07:48 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Gerard
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Well, no one submitted it before.  Thanks for the link though.
--janak
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