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Ask HN: Would this eliminate bots for good?

2•piratesAndSons•2h ago
I had an idea to eliminate the bot problem, or at the very least make it significantly harder to operate one. Here is my plan.

A new web browser built on a new HTTP protocol that accepts a human identity glove using cryptography. Instead of using your fingers directly on a mouse or trackpad, you wear a hardware glove that continuously records your pulse and your fingerprint, your machine information, and the average movement map that is unique to you as you interact with your device. The glove encrypts all of this information in real time. The browser then constantly verifies the glove hardware is present and active. No physical glove with a valid identity? No page loads.

What if someone tries to emulate the glove?

This is where the new browser becomes the second line of defense. It continuously checks the hardware signature and serial number of the glove. You can attempt to emulate it all you want, but the probability of simultaneously spoofing the correct fingerprint, a continuous and believable human pulse, a personalized movement map, and the exact hardware serial number is as close to impossible as any security system can get.

What do you all think of this as a preliminary idea?

Comments

PaulHoule•2h ago
Sell it to Mark Zuckerberg.
testforge•1h ago
1. I wouldn't want to wear a glove while typing. 2. Maybe for something like nuclear missile control you would want extremely high security like this, but for something like low stakes like a google search it seems overkill.
Bender•1h ago
All interesting ideas but to get traction make it part of a low latency haptic suit that people can use to sex each other up or show off their PVPness, make some prototypes for executives and investors to play with and I could see it getting attention. Maybe get a demo integrated with VRChat. On the more taboo end and to not discriminate make all sizes of suits for all body types and ages. Provide an SDK so that all gaming companies can incorporate your suit. That should give "Collision Detection" a whole new meaning and experience.
alpaca128•1h ago
One day the glove will have some connection problem and you won't be able to troubleshoot it because you can't use the internet.

This would always need some backup solution and now you're back on square one.

Edit: also you'd need accessibility, so a glove is out. And how do you handle game consoles? Voice assistants like Siri or Alexa?

rimbo789•1h ago
I do not want to wear any smart tech for any reason.
lemagedurage•1h ago
Maybe an attacker could record a couple hours of glove usage, and then replay this with slight variations.
ksherlock•53m ago
If Tesla optimus robots were breaking into my house at night, logging into my computer, and using my web browser, this would be one solution.

You didn't mention anything about how the web server knows if the other end of the connection is this user-hostile browser or a python/javascript bot with a spoofed user agent.

arty_prof•52m ago
All that might be good until government will take over that idea to kill anonymity. In case that glove can also get a human fingerprints.

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