[Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replacepasswords?| One Page | Komando.com
Peter Russillo
plrussillo at comcast.net
Tue Apr 21 20:29:50 UTC 2015
Hi, Barb, you got that right! Not just creepy, but demonic if you really
want my take; read Rev. 13 and you'll know just what something like that
entails. God bless.
Peter
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From: Barb O'Connor via Electronics-talk
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To: Lauren Merryfield ; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
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One word describes my feelings for this ... "creepy"!
Barb
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From: Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
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Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 6:21 PM
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
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wave crash against the beach. Will there never be another one?” –Max Lucado
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