The smartphone that knows when it’s been stolen

A new research project teaches smartphones to familiarize themselves with their owners’ behavior so they can realize when someone might have stolen them, and lock themselves to keep them from accessing valuable information.

A NewScientist report highlights a project by researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland to find a practical use of “implicit authentication,” a process by which a smartphone requires a PIN for further use when the user is exhibiting unusual behavior.

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