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How You Lock Phone Can Reveal Your Age

    • PTI
    • Publish Date: Jun 21 2019 3:44PM
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    • Updated Date: Jun 21 2019 3:44PM
How You Lock Phone Can Reveal Your Age

 The manner in which you lock your smartphone may reveal your age, according to a study which found that older users tend to rely more on auto lock feature compared to younger ones.



Older smartphone users also prefer using PINs over fingerprints to unlock their phones, said researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada. They also found that older users are more likely to unlock their phones when they are stationary, such as when working at a desk or sitting at home.

The study is the first to explore the link between age and smartphone use, said Konstantin Beznosov, a professor. “As researchers working to protect smartphones from unauthorised access, we need to first understand how users use their devices”.

“By tracking actual users during their daily interactions with their device, we now have real-world insights that can be used to inform future smartphone designs,” Beznosov said.

Analysis also showed that older users used their phone less frequently than younger users. For every 10-year interval in age, there was a corresponding 25% decrease in the number of user sessions.

In other words, a 25-yearold might use their phone 20 times a day, but a 35-year-old might use it only 15 times.

The study tracked 134 volunteers, ranging from 19 to 63 years of age, through a custom app installed on their Android phones. For two consecutive months, the app collected data on lock and unlock events, choice of auto or manual lock and whether the phone was locked or unlocked while in motion.

The study also found gender differences in authentication choices. As they age, men are much more likely to rely on auto locks, as opposed to manually locking their devices, compared to women. In terms of overall use, women on average use their phone longer than men, with women in their 20s using their smartphones significantly longer than their male peers, researchers found. However, the balance shifts with age, with men in their 50s logging longer usage sessions than women of the same age, they said.

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Neha Varadharajan The Orbis School

Wow good research

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