[pchelpers] Article:Gaze-tracking software offers new approach to computer security

By Gus G. Sentementes

The Baltimore Sun

Posted: 07/03/2009 12:00:00 PM PDT

BALTIMORE — Bill Anderson calls it his "a-ha" moment — a flash of
insight from which he drew a career-altering connection between
decades-old research and his job as a computer security expert. 

At the time, nearly two years ago, Anderson had a comfortable job as
vice president at an established computer security company. But while
reading "Consciousness Explained," a book by philosopher Daniel Dennett,
Anderson learned about one scientist's research into variations in the
way the human eye reads and processes text and images. 

"This obscure characteristic ... suddenly struck me as (a solution to) a
security problem," said Anderson, 42, who has a doctorate in cryptology.
"I said, 'Holy cow. No one has thought of using this to protect the
contents of a screen.' It was just some obscure research." 

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