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

[Mike Freeman]

Hi, all.
David Andrews has politely asked us to end this thread in that it has little to do with consumer electronics, cellular phones and the like. I gently suggest that we heed his wish. (smile)

Mike Freeman


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From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Russillo via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:30 PM
To: Barb O'Connor; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replacepasswords?| One Page | Komando.com

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Barb O'Connor via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:59 PM
To: Lauren Merryfield ; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] ooooo yikes!/Could this pill replacepasswords?| One Page | Komando.com

One word describes my feelings for this ... "creepy"!

Barb
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
  To: sandrarose at mycelery.com
  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

  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

  my digital evangelism blog:w w w . ask in jesus name . o r g

  my latest book is at:

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