Gentian Jakllari

I Want to Know Your Hand: Authentication on Commodity Mobile Phones Based on Your Hand's Vibrations

We present HoldPass, the first system that can authenticate a user while they simply hold their phone. It uses the heart activity as biometric trait sensed via the hand vibrations in response to the cardiac cycle - a process known as ballistocardiography (BCG). While heart activity has been used for biometric authenti…