[Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replace passwords? | One Page | Komando.com

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,

I read this in kim komando’s newsletter;

Could this pill replace passwords? | One Page | Komando.com

April 20, 2015

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK

 

If you think Apple's fingerprint scanners are futuristic, wait until you read about the security measures one PayPal executive is excited about. He thinks

businesses will start using injectable chips and pills you can swallow to secure all of your accounts.

 

These devices include brain implants and attachable computers, which “put users in charge of their own security,” [global head of developer evangelism

Jonathan Leblanc] said. Ingestible devices could be powered by stomach acid, which will run their batteries, he added.

 

 

These new gadgets would turn unique markers in your body like vein features or your heart's electrical activity into passwords. They could transmit that

encrypted data using wireless antennas to unlock your accounts. This makes them more accurate and secure than fingerprint scanners, 

because even those can be hacked.

 

I know this technology sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's real. There's no timetable for when PayPal or other businesses could introduce

this technology, but there are people out there working on it right now.

 

Mr. Leblanc said PayPal was working with partners who are building vein recognition technologies as well as heartbeat recognition bands. PayPal is also

working with developers, mostly through 24-hour hackathons, who are building prototypes of futuristic ID verification techniques, he said.

 

In the age of the hacker, it's more important than ever to develop secure methods to keep our accounts and personal information safe. But, I'm not sure

how comfortable I would feel swallowing a password pill or injecting a chip into my skin. It sounds really invasive to me. What do you think about this

new technology?

 

Source: 

Wall Street Journal

list of 2 items

New Technology

Privacy

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thanks

lauren

 

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