The Tower reports on an Israeli start-up that uses “behavioral biometrics” to keep users safe from fraud online. BioCatch maps and logs the way a user habitually moves a computer mouse and then creates a profile. If a user deviates from the logged pattern, it’s clear the user isn’t who he or she claims to be, the report states. Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents will test facial recognition technology for the next three months “to help identify foreigners who stay in the United States too long,” but some worry the program will turn anonymity into a thing of the past.
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