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TypingDNA ActiveLock — Keep unauthorized users out of your computer
TypingDNA ActiveLock keeps unauthorized users out by continuously authenticating people by the way they type — locking down the computer if the device is shared or gets into the wrong hands. Download it for free.
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@raulpopa I love it - so great to see TypingDNA thriving! This is amazing. Excited to finally be using it!
I've been using ActiveLock on my laptop for a while, and it's AMAZING. At all the events we went to with TypingDNA this past year, we have demoed it to people on the event floor, and they are amazed to see how this app blocks them after they type 1-2 sentences. It instantly makes sense to people who realize how this works after they experience the demo.
This is a must-have if you want to protect your computer from being used by others - especially by companies that want to ensure that their remote workforce is adequately secured!
We are here all day and looking forward to answering your curious questions.
@bala_asodu Thank you, we are doing our best to keep people safe in a non-invasive manner using something they already do - type.
@sushant_sharma3 Thank you! We have been working on this technology for over six years, and it's incredible to see how we can make working from home more secure.
@florincorde What happens on your machine stays on your machine. ActiveLock runs entirely on your device without needing to sync to the internet. Training, AI matching, security - all happens locally, and the app only looks at how you type, not what you type.
@florincorde thanks and good question! We don't send typing biometrics data anywhere. Everything is done on the device itself, and we don't store the user's typed text, we convert it as it is typed in so called "typing patterns" which we use forward, 100% on the device, in real time, encrypted and safe. Thanks again!
Congratulations on the launch! How does this work if I have multiple devices? Can I use the same account, and will the app retrain on my additional devices?
@nick_tromboukis it's device dependent for the moment, as we don't want to enable biometric data transfers between devices... not even Apple enables this as it can lead to other potential breaches, so we want to be very careful with migration. Technically you'll install this on all your computers and it will work independently on each.
How accurate / how many false positives do you experience using this? I imagine if I’m running late to a zoom meeting, latte in hand, my typing would be a bit different than at the end of the day peacefully browsing foreign baking videos in bed.
@nick_tromboukis the technology is optimized for 0% false reject. You should never be kicked out of your own machine if you're using it normally, even with some changes in typing, potentially such as those suggested by you. Now, if you start typing with one finger, or at a very different style, on purpose, you'll get to see first hand how the app will react. In our controlled tests we've reached 1/10,000 false rejects, and even that was a person typing in bed (possible one hand only) lying on a side.. the whole idea of this app is to protect your work computer, so, one should use it normally (at a desk, a table, or in their lap, etc) and shall never see a false reject. I for example use the last generation app (the one that is free to download now), for 2+ months and had absolutely 0% false rejects.
Congrats guys on the launch! Is there also a multi-user option, for example, if the IT department/other colleague needs to access the device?
@david_achim1 Thanks! The IT administrator usually has the means to maintain any device with the appropriate rights and can pause ActiveLock for that purpose. The option to be used by different persons on the same account is not possible as this is exactly what we are presenting. So, multiple persons can share the same device, but with different user/account on that computer.
I remember the bios lock n some norton security tools similar to your product. Overall, it looks quite cool but not sure why someone will use it when OS level login is already in place? Congratulations on the launch! Keep up the exciting work 🙂
@naveed_rehman it doesn't replace the login at all, ActiveLock works AFTER you login.
@naveed_rehman absolutely, it's a zero trust concept, continuous verification and yes, it's a second layer of security that comes after the login.
@shushant_lakhyani Thank you. We love working on it and have been doing it for over six years. Also, we have patents in this area and looking forward to the following challenges ahead.
This is fantastic!
I've seen that the Training Status is at 0%. How long until it learns the way we type?
Cheers!
@samuel_filip1 1-2 days depending how much you actually use the computer during these days.
@raulpopa Thanks!
So if we have multiple users on a device, will Active learn each user separately, or will it cumulate all users?
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