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My Thoughts Are My Password, Verify Me
from the better-security-through-thinking? dept
It seems that every few months a story pops up about advances in mind-controlled computer interfaces. It's important research in many ways, especially for people who have been paralyzed. However, it's clearly only at the earliest stages -- and some question if it will ever get that much further. Wired News is looking at the possibility of one day being able to use your thoughts as your password for better security. The idea being that the computer would recognize your specific brainwaves, that couldn't easily be copied by someone else. Some people believe this will never happen, as distinguishing on that fine a level of brainwaves might be impossible. However, even if it was possible, you have to wonder how effective it would be. It could work for normal logging in... but how does it work when you don't want to log in, but someone else wants you to? Ever try to not think about a certain thing? Our brains aren't really wired that way.
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Easily defeated ---
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What if I'm wasted?
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Aluminum Foil Hat
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Tin foil vs Duct-tape
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Re: What if I'm wasted?
I'll start the coffee maker for you $USER.
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a 'sneakers' reference?
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drunken brainwaves
"error logging in :: that email you're thinking of sending is a really, really bad idea"
(and i second the huzzah to the sneakers reference!)
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Re: What if I'm wasted?
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Quickly, don't picture your grandmother generously applying feminine itch cream to her dry heap of a vagina.
See? It doesn't work.
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This is just silly
Regards,
Ira
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Re: thans for the laugh
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Re: tin foil hat
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Every biometric system has to deal with replay and MITM attacks if it wants to be considered secure.
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Brainwaves
I'll just have to live with the fingerprint scanner embedded in my laptop.
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only passwords?
Mind readers... sounds far fetched when even current biometrics don't work efectively.
I'm donning my tin foil hat anyhow, I don't want the government to learn of my plans to take over the world.
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My password is...
Think about the new Spywaves and thoughtsloggers... Nice future for the unborn Windows Vista 2008.
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Re: myspace
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vertify email
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vertify email add
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