Could your Heartbeat replace Passwords & PINs?

[Logethica]

How your heartbeat could do away with multiple passwords and PINs;
SOURCE: irishtimes.com (ARTICLE DATE: 23rd Aug 2016)

Belfast-based B-Secur has developed and patented technology to use the human heartbeat’s algorithm – which is unique in every living person – as a way to quickly and securely identify one person from the next...

Alan Foreman, chief executive of B-Secur, claims its “next generation technology” that will remove the need not only for passwords and PINS but could also one day make current biometric authentication like fingerprint, voice and iris redundant.

“We’ve developed what we believe will be the most secure, most cost effective and most sophisticated next generation biometric. Our medical grade ECG (electrocardiogram) biometric technology reads an individual’s heartbeat pattern to verify their identity.

“Our software can be used for example on a wrist device or any number of products like bank cards or even be built into cars and building access controls – it has a huge range of applications and because every individual’s heartbeat has a unique ECG and it is internal, it is much harder to defraud,” Foreman says.

Previously managing director at Accenture Life Sciences based in Manchester, where he had almost a two decade long career, Foreman came on board with B-Secur just over two years ago because he believes it offers “exciting, real possibilities”....

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[hjlbx]

Whatever the solution, passwords are obsolete and represent a manageability problem.

However, few vendors and websites are willing to implement any fundamental changes due to costs and time\effort required.

To get this to fundamentally change, it's gonna take a billion dollar global whopper...

 

[BoraMurdar]

Good idea, but in my opinion unimplementable. Heart beat changes during the day, voltages, frequency, peaks height and continuance changes. Also, totally healthy people could have extrasystoles (additional heart beats roughly explained) which can mess the detection algorithm.
Also, people with heart diseases couldn't be able to use this

 

[Vasudev]

Iris and fingerprint are good. Heartbeat as a Password(HaaP) has a potential problem, if your heart ain't working, you can't log into your phone to call for help during an heart ache.

 

[SecretKeeper]

It wouldn't be a good idea, in my eyes. Finger prints are unique and secure enough to keep unwanted people out. Besides, I don't think anybody would like to attach some device to their chest or wrist to sign into their devices. It doesn't sound appealing.

Is this just a competitive battle now?

 

[Wave]

No, I doubt this will ever actually be implemented, correctly at least. As for heart beats altogether, drink a can of cocacola or do some running for a bit (or any exercise which works your muscles, e.g. boxing sparring, walking, jumping, etc). Then check the heart beat rate... It'll be increased.