Posted on 12/11/2014 7:55:24 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Thought your fingerprint was secure? Think again. The unique pattern on the tip of your fingers can easily be copied and used to access your most personal information.
As PIN numbers and passwords prove redundant in protecting data, tech companies are looking to convert bodily features into secure identity authenticators.
Bionym, the Toronto-based biometrics technology company, have introduced The Nymi -- a wristband that measures heartbeats to authenticate identity. Its embedded sensor reads the electrical pulses produced by your heartbeat, which is unique to each of us.
"You leave your fingerprints everywhere - you actually leave this impression which can be copied," said Karl Martin, CEO and founder of Bionym.
"In the future, you go into a store, you go to the terminal, you tap with your wrist and that's it. You don't actually have to go through any of the friction of pulling out a credit card. Your name pops up when you get to the ATM - you don't have to enter a card or a pin because it knows who you are," he added.
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What happens after a heart attack, or if I develop an arrhythmia or something?
Exactly.
A bio-identifier must *also* be *stable*. It’s necessary that it be unique, but not sufficient.
The government could just tattoo a barcode on your wrist. Hmmmmmmm...
In the future, you go into a store, you go to the terminal, you tap with your wrist and that’s it.
The Moneychanger’s Wet Dream..
Tyranny
In the present, walk in whip out CASH and Leave NO Electronic Trace at all.
Liberty
Good idea! It would eliminate the need to carry money, credit cards, etc. The only drawback is that no one would be able to buy and sell unless they had this mark, and then.....HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!
So if I snort cocaine I can get into Obama’s files?
And then...
Later that evening, you can visit www.WeBeTrackingYou.com and see the complete path of your travels for the day on Google Maps.
Won’t that be sooo cool?
BUMP! Of course, you leave a trace on the omni-present surveillance cameras.
Even so, cash is still better than a credit or debit card.
> In the present, walk in whip out CASH and Leave NO Electronic Trace at all.
The leftists can’t have that can they? Used to they would be against tracking methods but now that they’re legalizing drug usage, pedophelia, theft (of gov funds) they want the thumb screws tightened now to keep righties from forming up against them...
no doubt, and we already have a unique ‘mark’ (in) our foreheads, its called a retina, i have to wonder where that technology is at today?
Great way to be taken hostage and taken to the nearest ATM so your heartbeat can be used to loot your account.
What if a pretty women is nearby... flutter flutter
Another variant: what about problems/changes that make heartbeats similar enough? My heartbeat signal comes from a pacemaker; would other people with the same model and typical settings produce a sufficiently similar signal?
Well, then, all of your funds will go the State, for the common good, of course. /S
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