Pedophiles could be identified through typing

aznronin · Post by **aznronin** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:29 pm

New research from Newcastle University has claimed paedophiles could be identified on internet sites by the way they type.

With just ten keystrokes, American Professor Roy Maxion claimed to be able to establish the sex, age and cultural background of a user, which could help in the fight against paedophiles grooming youngsters on the internet.

Phil Butler, head of the university's Cyber Crime and Computer Security department and a former Northumbria Police Detective chief inspector, believes the new technique developed by Maxion could be integral in finding adults posing as children on the web.

“[Maxion] can now identify anyone using a keyboard within a 95 per cent accuracy within ten keystrokes,” he said in a statement.

"As soon as you type ten numbers or letters he can work out your sex, your culture, your age and whether you have any hand injuries.”

The research is conducted by monitoring speeds and rhythms of 50 people at a time while they type with electronic sensors on their fingertips. It has shown that women's typing tends to flow more and be a bit faster while men tend towards a more "heavy-handed" technique.

Butler believes this could be used by companies to identify whether an adult is involved when children talk on online messengers.

The research could also be applied in other ways, such as preventing fraud at cash points.

Source: http://www.itpro.co.uk/621862/paedophil ... ugh-typing

I seriously don't understand how this could possibly work...
And my last thread for the day...

Smi!ezZ · Post by **Smi!ezZ** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:34 pm

dont press the wrong button.. mwuhahahahaa

Deadsolid · Post by **Deadsolid** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:45 pm

Yea this is bs. Hopefully someone will debunk it.

I'm sure there are constants to this experiment, like using proper typing technique. What if I was typing with one hand while eating a sandwich with the other? Answer me that Mr. Butler.

Ganja · Post by **Ganja** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:47 pm

I think Roy Maxion must be a great hacker

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:38 am

sure, hand writing analysis isn't accurate but typing analysis is -.-

asusi · Post by **asusi** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:18 am

4chan anyone?

inky · Post by **inky** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:28 am

what a load of bullshit.

SwordCloud · Post by **SwordCloud** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:01 pm

inky wrote:what a load of bullshit.

Yep I think that too.

_Equal_ · Post by **_Equal_** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:24 pm

inky wrote:what a load of bullshit.

TheDrop · Post by **TheDrop** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:31 pm

inky wrote:what a load of bullshit.

Love · Post by **Love** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:15 pm

How are we supposed to ask for pics and set up dates now ? this sucks.

-.- · Post by **-.-** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:19 pm

ugh... so what happens when you get a drink/something and pause in middle of sentence? lol

Squirt · Post by **Squirt** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:23 pm

inky wrote:what a load of bullshit.

William-CL · Post by **William-CL** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:08 am

Oops someone made a Typo. what then? lol one of the common ones I've made when googling heroes.. was herpes Now how many common sentences could take such drastic turn like that word? This is Bullshit as before mentioned

Swindler · Post by **Swindler** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:09 am

Damn, time to use voice communication now, they dont leave us alone do they? :'(

bot_antist · Post by **bot_antist** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:10 am

Blackdragon6 wrote:Oops someone made a Typo. what then? lol one of the common ones I've made when googling heroes.. was herpes Now how many common sentences could take such drastic turn like that word? This is Bullshit as before mentioned

i love my heroes . i love my herpes

William-CL · Post by **William-CL** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:18 am

bot_antist wrote:
Blackdragon6 wrote:Oops someone made a Typo. what then? lol one of the common ones I've made when googling heroes.. was herpes Now how many common sentences could take such drastic turn like that word? This is Bullshit as before mentioned

i love my heroes . i love my herpes

Point proven lol. One of them is Sexual and could be interpreted as revealing sexual information about yourself.

G-Dragon · Post by **G-Dragon** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:02 am

So I could be a pedophile?

William-CL · Post by **William-CL** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:31 am

G-Dragon wrote:So I could be a pedophile?

Depends on your Typos and or context when typing in shortcut form lol. I think it's stupid that THEY think they get to define a pedophile's typing pattern. You can't predict when someone is going to commit a heinous crime so what makes them think they can predict the typing pattern of someone that is going to. Good to know there are people out there trying, but this seems like a waste of time and effort.

Love · Post by **Love** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:51 pm

HejsaN wrote:Damn, time to use voice communication now, they dont leave us alone do they? :'(

I see a leader among us.

oReality · Post by **oReality** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:39 pm

Is he really serious? :palm:

Toshiharu · Post by **Toshiharu** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:46 pm

brb analyzing this thread of pedos.

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