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Step 1: Gather timings of key presses from a lot of kids. 2: Use ML to learn how to simulate it. 3: Sell it as a service, labeling it KaaS. 4: Profit, then g

Step 1: Gather timings of key presses from a lot of kids. 2: Use ML to learn how to simulate it. 3: Sell it as a service, labeling it KaaS. 4: Profit, then go to jail because of a misunderstanding. But seriously, is there such a tool to automate this?

fabianhjr 6y ago
Fuzzing ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing )
PartiallyTyped 6y ago
There's also model based testing and property based testing. QuickTest in Haskell and Erlang can generate test cases for your code.
segfaultbuserr 6y ago
People have been fuzzing user interfaces since the 80s. It was used for developing MacPaint and MacWrite in Apple's original Macintosh. Quote Wikipedia: > In 1983, Steve Capps at Apple developed "The Monkey", a tool that would generate random inputs for classic Mac OS applications, such as MacPaint [0]. The figurative "monkey" refers to the infinite monkey theorem which states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will eventually type out the entire works of Shakespeare. In the case of testing, the monkey would write the particular sequence of inputs that will trigger a crash. Read the story here: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Monkey_Lives.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Monkey_Lives.txt
- MrDresden 6y ago
  I frequently use the monkey bundled with the Android tool chain[0] to stress test my UIs. Have found numerous issues throughout the years by using it [0] https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkey https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkey
  - Aulig 6y ago
    That's really cool, I never knew about that. I'll have to try it on my apps!
- Anthony-G 6y ago
  Thanks for sharing that story. It's probably the reason why Netflix decided to use "monkey" for the name of their tool to randomly terminate service instances: https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/ https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/
rusk 6y ago
As others have pointed out, you are describing fuzzing but rather than purely random you’ve trained your fuzzer on a particularly troublesome set of random variables ;-)
bjoli 6y ago
I have been using the name monkey-testing for this kind of testing for as long as I can remember. There are tools to automate it.

fabianhjr 6y ago

Fuzzing ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing )

PartiallyTyped 6y ago

There's also model based testing and property based testing. QuickTest in Haskell and Erlang can generate test cases for your code.

segfaultbuserr 6y ago

People have been fuzzing user interfaces since the 80s. It was used for developing MacPaint and MacWrite in Apple's original Macintosh. Quote Wikipedia: > In 1983, Steve Capps at Apple developed "The Monkey", a tool that would generate random inputs for classic Mac OS applications, such as MacPaint [0]. The figurative "monkey" refers to the infinite monkey theorem which states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will eventually type out the entire works of Shakespeare. In the case of testing, the monkey would write the particular sequence of inputs that will trigger a crash. Read the story here: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Monkey_Lives.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Monkey_Lives.txt

MrDresden 6y ago
I frequently use the monkey bundled with the Android tool chain[0] to stress test my UIs. Have found numerous issues throughout the years by using it [0] https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkey https://developer.android.com/studio/test/monkey
- Aulig 6y ago
  That's really cool, I never knew about that. I'll have to try it on my apps!
Anthony-G 6y ago
Thanks for sharing that story. It's probably the reason why Netflix decided to use "monkey" for the name of their tool to randomly terminate service instances: https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/ https://netflix.github.io/chaosmonkey/

rusk 6y ago

As others have pointed out, you are describing fuzzing but rather than purely random you’ve trained your fuzzer on a particularly troublesome set of random variables ;-)

bjoli 6y ago

I have been using the name monkey-testing for this kind of testing for as long as I can remember. There are tools to automate it.