A simple system could protect cars from unauthorised entry.
Log-ins, passwords and, most recently, passkeys, do the same job for email or other online accounts. Service provider logs record access, also recognising devices and IP-addresses.
But experienced hackers with knowledge of this private information can use this to mask their own details during login to falsify records. Staying undetected by the service provider.
Enter a New York based research team’s new method, which encrypts device-ID and IP-address using a token from the device and sending this information securely to service providers.
Enabling people at risk of being hacked, like journalists, public figures or people affected by domestic abuse, to detect unauthorised access.
Location data can also be kept private online.
