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Keyboard dynamics are the time-varying measurable characteristics of ty** or rhythmic patterns of sequences of keystrokes on a keyboard.
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Early telegraph operators realized that they could identify other operators by listening to the unique characteristics of their keying patterns. The ability to identify and differentiate among groups of telegraph operators happened naturally through repeated listening to their telegraphic transmissions. All of the operators used Morse code; it was the more subtle differences in keying patterns that provided the ability to distinguish one operator from another. Individual operators tend to develop unique keying characteristics, particularly as related to timing between keystrokes and the amount of time that a telegraph key is depressed. Studies on the analysis of telegraph operator keying rhythms occurred as early as the work of Bryan and Harter in 1899(Bryan and...
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Thornton, M.A. (2021). Keyboard Dynamics. In: Jajodia, S., Samarati, P., Yung, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography, Security and Privacy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27739-9_783-2
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