Your Thoughts Are Your Password

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday April 27, 2006 @05:18AM from the my-name-is-werner-brandes dept.

Vitaly Friedman writes "Scientists hope that mind-reading computers will one day replace typed passwords, making fingerprint readers and retina scans obsolete. Skeptics say don't count on it. From the article: 'Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, are exploring the possibility of a biometric security device that will use a person's thoughts to authenticate her or his identity. Their idea of utilizing brain-wave signatures as pass-thoughts is based on the premise that brain waves are unique to each individual. Some researchers believe the difference might just be enough to create a system that allows you to log in with your thoughts.'"

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Teenage boys' accounts will be insecure by Stephen+Williams · 2006-04-27 05:21 · Score: 0, Redundant

So, most fourteen-year-old boys' accounts could be cracked simply by thinking about breasts?

-Stephen
If your thoughts are your password... by Glog · 2006-04-27 05:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

Basically every guy's password will be "boobies"?