Google's creepy password-killing Project Abacus will be tested by banks this summer
Found on CNet News on Monday, 23 May 2016
Project Abacus, an ambitious plan to replace passwords with a comprehensive analysis of the way you use your phone, will begin trials with "several large financial institutions" next month, the company said Friday at its Google I/O developer conference.
So instead of asking for a specific password, Abacus analyzes how you type, how you speak, and combined with other signals from the sensors in your phone, calculates the probability that you are who you say you are.
How is that even remotely going to be secure? Not to mention that it seems to be tied to specific types of phones only because your classic old non-smartphone at home is not stuffed full with all sorts of sensors.