Thursday, April 11, 2013

Researchers Replace Passwords With Mind-Reading Passthoughts

Remember passwords for all the sites you can get frustrating. There are just too many punctuation, numbers, substitution and large variations you can remember, and write them all down to find is rarely an option.

Thanks to researchers at UC Berkeley School of Information, you may need to type in the future pesky passwords. Instead, you only need them to feel that.

Biosensor technology by measuring the brain, researchers for the computer authentication "passthoughts" able to change the passwords. A $ 100 headset wirelessly connects to a computer via Bluetooth, and device sensors are set against the user's forehead, the (EEG) electroencephalogram provides a signal from the brain.

Other biometric authentication systems, fingerprint or retina scan for security, but they're expensive and often requires extensive resources. The NeuroSky mindset looks like any other set of Bluetooth and more user friendly, the researchers say.

But the brain is unique to each person, so if someone knew your passthought, their EEG signals emitted may vary.

Series of tests, the participants in seven different mental tasks with the device to move up and down his finger imagination and choose a personal secret, including full. Breathing, or ten seconds, with a focus on simple tasks such as resulted in a successful authentication.

Passthoughts researchers found the key, a mental task that users are searching for on a daily basis will be repeated objections. Most participants is difficult to imagine their favorite sport in a job because they imagine their muscles without the use of unnatural movement was found. Passthoughts preferable that where a particular color themes for the substances were calculated or imagined singing a song.

Mind - mind reading is very convenient, but if the devices are not accessible to people no matter exactly how the system will refuse to use the researchers explain.

Passthoughts change your passwords with you? Tell us what you think comments.

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