We read in Revelation about things that must happen in the Last Days:

Rev 13:15-18 And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads, (17) even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name. (18) Here is the wisdom. Let him having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. And its number is six hundred and sixty-six.


This Blog deals with the Mark of the Beast and to link current world events and Technology with end time prophecy to see where we stand in regarding to the return of Jesus Christ / Messiah Yeshua.

We will look at technology that supports this passage as well as the "changing" of humanity through Transhumanism and population reduction and how technology and food engineering help the elite to reach their goal of 500 Mil people on he Earth.

Sunday, 19 June 2011

19/6/11 - Biometric daemons: adaptive authentication via electronic pets

Cory Doctorow at 3:24 PM Friday, Jun 17, 2011



The biometric daemon was proposed in a 2008 paper (PDF) by Pam Briggs and Patrick Oliver, and it's a very clever thought-experiment for a user-centered, adaptive authentication system. The idea is that the daemon, a cuddly toy, (the name is inspired by the Philip Pullman Dark Materials novels) knows a bunch of your biometrics (fingerprints, voice, gait, etc), and uses them to verify your identity before logging you into various services (ATMs, online services, mobile phones).



The daemon learns about your usage patterns -- where and when you go places, what you do there -- and when you do stuff that appears anomalous, you have to "reassure" it by providing additional biometrics and verification. It essentially moves the stuff that your bank already does (annoyingly cutting off your ATM card if you go on holiday because they assume it's been stolen and taken out of the country) to a device that you control, keeping your data with you. It uses the tendency to anthropomorphizing inanimate objects to give users hints for navigating difficult situations.


I can think of several problems with the system: how to recover passwords after your daemon is lost or stolen; what to do when you and your daemon are upset (because you've missed your flight and you need your daemon to log you into your mobile phone so you can call the airlines, but it won't be reassured because you're too tense to properly authenticate), and so on -- but it's an incredibly neat, clever idea, and one that's got me thinking.


Biometric Daemons: Authentication via electronic pets (PDF) (Thanks, Pam!)
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