BAWS3TS: Browsing Authentication Web-Based Smartphone Using 3D Touchscreen Sensor

Abstract

Modern mobile devices, especially smartphones, have developed rapidly and are widely adopted by people of all ages. Smartphones can assist users in various activities, i.e., from social networking to online shopping, but they have also become an attractive target for cybercriminals due to their stored personal data and sensitive information. Traditional authentication mechanisms such as the PIN suffer from limitations and drawbacks known in the security community; Thus, haptic behavioral authentication has been getting much attention lately. Intuitively, it was not easy to build a standalone authentication system based on free touches. However, in this work, we advocate that such authentication can consider users' actions within some mobile applications such as web browsers and then propose a multi-layer touch authentication system using a 3D touch sensor called BAWS3TS. The pressure force on the touch screen applies to many users, and the layer level, the pressure force, and the location of the touch can provide a comprehensive authentication option during the use of the browser, and the browser has within its design a certain level at a specific location within the processing of the 3D touch sensor. So, it has a unique pattern for the user on a particular smartphone browser. Three adult volunteers had a high accuracy rate of 98% as a consequence of the studies, according to their experience. We will increase the number of participants and conduct a study to determine the effect of future use of this technology.