Google Abacus

Abacus is the system of confidentiality from Google company.

On June 17, 2016 it became known of desire of Google to liquidate passwords. The company developed the Abacus project – this system is designed to make passwords the outdated phenomenon and to make access to devices ten times safer, than the sensor of fingerprints. A basis of a system of confidentiality - knowledge of the owner of the smartphone practically all^[1].

Google I O 2015 Project Abacus ATAP (2015)

To get rid of templates of unblocking, passwords or fingerprint scanners on smartphones, Google offered an indicator which will be calculated, using personal mobile devices of the user on the basis of whom the decision will be made - the device will be unblocked or not.

For calculation of this indicator the smartphone should use all information on the user:

• usual movements,
• print speed,
• location
• biometric data (voice or recognition of the person).

Using a combination of such information the smartphone will know whether the person initiating attempt to unblock the device is its owner.

Learn more: Technologies of biometric identification

In achievement of effective objectives Google should monitor use of the smartphone constantly.

A system will be used not only for unblocking of devices with Android: Google stated that API will release and other developers will be able to use the Abacus project as an identification method in third-party applications. According to the pandasecurity.com edition days of passwords and two-stage authorization are considered. Not only Google will get an information access about the user, but also any company using the Abacus project will also be able to use it as security systems.

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