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[Pamela Dominguez]

Oh no!  This sounds disgusting!  pam.

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From: Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 7:21 PM
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Subject: [Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replace passwords? 
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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



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