Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
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Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
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Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#2The assignee name and "address" is spelled wrong on the page.
Also it would be incredibly awesome to have seamless passwords. Just pick up and go. But of course, I imagine there'd be times when it wouldn't be able give accurate consistent measurements? It seems like a rather delicate operation, i.e prone to problems.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#3The assignee name and "address" is spelled wrong on the page. Also it would be incredibly awesome to have seamless passwords. Just pick up and go. But of course, I imagine there'd be times when it wouldn't be able give accurate consistent measurements? It seems like a rather delicate operation, i.e prone to problems.
Maybe it would work perfectly - until you were panicky and the adrenaline affected your heart rhythm. Like during that sales demo, or when calling 911.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#4Absurd. Cardiac 'patterns' change over time, and altered with heart disease/dysfunction. Bio-medical based authentication must rely on non-changing biological characteristics.
Gotta hand it to them for covering the bases, though.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#5The assignee name and "address" is spelled wrong on the page. Also it would be incredibly awesome to have seamless passwords. Just pick up and go. But of course, I imagine there'd be times when it wouldn't be able give accurate consistent measurements? It seems like a rather delicate operation, i.e prone to problems.
Maybe it would work perfectly - until you were panicky and the adrenaline affected your heart rhythm. Like during that sales demo, or when calling 911.
Does adrenaline really affect rhythm, or does it simply make your heart beat with the same rhythm, faster? I thought any change in heart rhythm was considered an arrhythmia.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#6Absurd. Cardiac 'patterns' change over time, and altered with heart disease/dysfunction. Bio-medical based authentication must rely on non-changing biological characteristics. Gotta hand it to them for covering the bases, though.
Ideally, passwords should change over time as well. If the change is continuous rather than abrupt, it can be picked up on, and the password steadily changed with the pattern (you'd be let in with an 98% match, which would then overwrite the previous pattern. A 95% match would ask for secondary identification first). Then, if someone tries to use a previous recording of your heartbeat to unlock your computer, it won't work!
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#7Absurd. Cardiac 'patterns' change over time, and altered with heart disease/dysfunction. Bio-medical based authentication must rely on non-changing biological characteristics. Gotta hand it to them for covering the bases, though.
Plus, it discriminates against the nonliving.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#8Absurd. Cardiac 'patterns' change over time, and altered with heart disease/dysfunction. Bio-medical based authentication must rely on non-changing biological characteristics. Gotta hand it to them for covering the bases, though.
I have to agree, it's absolutely ridiculous.
Using cardiac patterns for login are also prone to "denial of service attacks". Because if I scare someone, suddenly they will be unable to access their phone.
Regardless, just reading through this patent, I find it difficult/impossible to believe that there isn't prior art for this.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#9I was thinking today about a mouse that could detect heart rate, in the same manner as a cardio machine detects it. I don't know why you would want to use it as a password, however it could be useful in biofeedback.
Re: Heart Rhythm as Password (Apple Patent Application)
#10How similar is this to the alleged Nintendo vitality sensor?