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[River Linda]

Okay, as long as it tastes like chocolate, bacon, or chocolate-covered
bacon.

On Monday, April 20, 2015, Star Gazer via Electronics-talk <
electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>         I hope you don't ever need a pacemaker.
> This is only scary because it's new.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 7:26 PM
> To: 'Lauren Merryfield'; 'Discussion of accessible electronics and
> appliances'
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replace
> passwords? | One Page | Komando.com
>
> Very interesting! I don't think I'd want to ingest something foreign into
> my body that has electrical impulses, and I think there would most likely
> be a lot of others who might feel the same way no matter how safe they
> prove it to be.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 4:21 PM
> To: sandrarose at mycelery.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replace
> passwords? | One Page | Komando.com
>
> 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
>
> list end
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> lauren
>
>
>
> Blessings in Jesus’ name.
>
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> Take a deep breath. Did you suck the oxygenout of the atmosphere? Pluck a
> pine needle from a
>
> tree in Yosemite. Did you deplete the forest of foliage? Watch an ocean
> wave crash against the beach. Will there never be another one?” –Max Lucado
>
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