Side-channel communication reconciliation of biometric timing data for user authentication during remote desktop sessions

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium,
• wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises program instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving time-based user data from a user device displaying a remote desktop environment, the user device using user input or sensor data associated with a user action to generate the time-based user data and remote desktop environment data, wherein the user device sends, via the first communication channel, the remote desktop environment data to a remote system providing the remote desktop environment and a first data stream comprising data associating the user action with content, and the user device sends a second data stream comprising the time-based user data via a second communication channel for authentication, the second communication channel different than the first communication channel;
• authenticating an identity of the user based on the time-based user data, wherein the authenticating comprises comparing a time-based characteristic exhibited by the time-based user data with the time-based characteristic in prior data associated with the user, and wherein the identity of the user is authenticated based on the time-based user data and the data associating the user action with the content;
• and
• enabling use of the user device based on the authenticating of the identity of the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving time-based user data from a user device displaying a remote desktop environment, the user device using user input or sensor data associated with a user action to generate the time-based user data and remote desktop environment data, wherein the user device sends, via the first communication channel, the remote desktop environment data to a remote system providing the remote desktop environment and a first data stream comprising data associating the user action with content, and the user device sends a second data stream comprising the time-based user data via a second communication channel for authentication, the second communication channel different than the first communication channel;
• authenticating an identity of the user based on the time-based user data, wherein the authenticating comprises comparing a time-based characteristic exhibited by the time-based user data with the time-based characteristic in prior data associated with the user, and wherein the identity of the user is authenticated based on the time-based user data and the data associating the user action with the content;
• and
• enabling use of the user device based on the authenticating of the identity of the user.