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How your heartbeat will make passwords obsolete
CNN ^ | 12/11/2014 | By Tracey Hobbs and Monique Todd,

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: cybersecurity; heartbeat; password

1 posted on 12/11/2014 7:55:24 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What happens after a heart attack, or if I develop an arrhythmia or something?


2 posted on 12/11/2014 7:57:49 AM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: knittnmom

Exactly.

A bio-identifier must *also* be *stable*. It’s necessary that it be unique, but not sufficient.


3 posted on 12/11/2014 8:00:04 AM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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To: SeekAndFind

The government could just tattoo a barcode on your wrist. Hmmmmmmm...


4 posted on 12/11/2014 8:01:02 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SeekAndFind

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


5 posted on 12/11/2014 8:05:59 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: hal ogen
The government could just tattoo a barcode on your wrist. Hmmmmmmm...

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!

6 posted on 12/11/2014 8:06:13 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: SeekAndFind

So if I snort cocaine I can get into Obama’s files?


8 posted on 12/11/2014 8:11:09 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

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?


10 posted on 12/11/2014 8:14:34 AM PST by moovova
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To: eyeamok
In the present, walk in whip out CASH and Leave NO Electronic Trace at all.

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.

11 posted on 12/11/2014 8:16:52 AM PST by upchuck (Ferguson: Put your hands down and go to work!)
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To: eyeamok

> 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...


12 posted on 12/11/2014 8:18:36 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: hal ogen

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?


13 posted on 12/11/2014 8:19:37 AM PST by captmar-vell
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To: SeekAndFind

Great way to be taken hostage and taken to the nearest ATM so your heartbeat can be used to loot your account.


14 posted on 12/11/2014 8:22:54 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What if a pretty women is nearby... flutter flutter


15 posted on 12/11/2014 8:30:10 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: knittnmom

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?


16 posted on 12/11/2014 8:30:37 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: knittnmom
What happens after a heart attack, or if I develop an arrhythmia or something?

Well, then, all of your funds will go the State, for the common good, of course. /S

17 posted on 12/11/2014 9:10:20 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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